tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post943539459572851657..comments2024-03-26T06:53:42.873-05:00Comments on Fret Not Yourself: Pastel HourglassesAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12922656955543465650noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post-2133688650173276002019-12-04T19:25:28.864-06:002019-12-04T19:25:28.864-06:00How kind of you, Audrey. I have a bunch of solids ...How kind of you, Audrey. I have a bunch of solids from years ago when Amish was in style. In my mind, that's always my first idea. Funny that I refuse to limit fabrics to a certain style (reproduction, Kaffe, etc) but usually keep solids together. The few times I've mixed solids and prints (like Square Deal) have turned out much better. Although if you've never made an all solid quilt, it's probably time to try it. ;-)Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922656955543465650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post-35319798787636034642019-12-04T18:02:02.153-06:002019-12-04T18:02:02.153-06:00This is such a beautiful baby quilt. Seriously fal...This is such a beautiful baby quilt. Seriously fall-in-love beautiful. How can you help but not want to cuddle in it? Love how soft it looks and yet, the solids hold their ground so very well. Great job. I really need to expand my thinking about solids. Slowly, slowly, I'm starting to buy them and even use them. Maybe I need to kick it up a notch and make an all solid quilt for once.:)audreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18102559813211702736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post-50228014383217945012019-11-26T03:39:43.329-06:002019-11-26T03:39:43.329-06:00What a lovely thought, Preeti.What a lovely thought, Preeti.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922656955543465650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post-49874153981604303382019-11-25T09:40:17.209-06:002019-11-25T09:40:17.209-06:00Soft and soothing like baby's breath!!!Soft and soothing like baby's breath!!!Preetihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15363550140143647850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post-56526465066049368312019-11-22T20:01:32.619-06:002019-11-22T20:01:32.619-06:00You're welcome. I hope it helps. Even though I...You're welcome. I hope it helps. Even though I've quilted for years, starting the quilting is always scary. I like my walking foot best, too, but it's been a treat to try these designs. Let me know how it goes.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922656955543465650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post-15452704229707067202019-11-22T05:53:44.573-06:002019-11-22T05:53:44.573-06:00Thank you for the details of the Rose piece quilti...Thank you for the details of the Rose piece quilting. I have a fear of FMQ and stick to straight lines with the walking foot usually. I really should practice more. Anyway, this little quilt turned out so lovely. Happy Stitching!Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11770193529950365462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post-6589727729014684962019-11-20T22:29:32.108-06:002019-11-20T22:29:32.108-06:00Thanks, Maureen. I like a few ringers, too.Thanks, Maureen. I like a few ringers, too.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922656955543465650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post-30969794848350377012019-11-20T22:28:54.676-06:002019-11-20T22:28:54.676-06:00It's Mountain Mist Cream Rose. I prefer Blue R...It's Mountain Mist Cream Rose. I prefer Blue Ribbon but that's no longer made. It's 100% cotton.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922656955543465650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post-20251979571491390702019-11-20T22:28:11.020-06:002019-11-20T22:28:11.020-06:00Thanks, Kaja. Making a quilt to {what we believe i...Thanks, Kaja. Making a quilt to {what we believe is} someone's wishes/color scheme drives me crazy at times. I took out some colors because they seemed too strong but couldn't make myself get rid of them all. I may revisit hourglasses soon, too. Perhaps it should be our next prompt?Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922656955543465650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post-54724623762134287552019-11-20T22:26:08.908-06:002019-11-20T22:26:08.908-06:00Twinkies! Both for gardening gloves and disliking ...Twinkies! Both for gardening gloves and disliking precuts. I do buy fat quarters at times because they give me more variety in a limited space but all the different precuts seem to take the fun out of creating. Like a box cake mix.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922656955543465650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post-37222218544482268352019-11-20T22:24:48.374-06:002019-11-20T22:24:48.374-06:00It is a very soft quilt. I may consider lawn on th...It is a very soft quilt. I may consider lawn on the back of more baby quilts. I'm not sure how long it will last but it's certainly smooth and comforting. I'm trying to learn to SID free motion but my efforts are mediocre. Walking foot works well for me as long as I slow down. <br />I haven't tried rubber finger tips but that might be a good way to quilt and still get pins out. That's the drawback of gloves for me; I must remove a glove to remove a pin. I used cheap gardening gloves for a while but ran through them in about an hour so the more expensive ones are a better bargain for me.<br />Reading about Theranos and thinking you might have to compete with them must have been interesting. He interviewed several lab professionals who pointed out the difficulty/impossibility in trying to run multiple tests on one drop - although they don't need to draw as much blood today as they did when I was a kid. Theranos seemed adept at manipulating public opinion by allowing misinformation to stand. For example, they said their devices were being used by the military when they weren't. It was an interesting read.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922656955543465650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post-80125414388028739372019-11-20T22:15:31.170-06:002019-11-20T22:15:31.170-06:00Thanks, Robin. It wasn't hard but took longer ...Thanks, Robin. It wasn't hard but took longer than anticipated because the blocks are so small.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922656955543465650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post-14486204016014651882019-11-20T22:15:05.436-06:002019-11-20T22:15:05.436-06:00So kind of you, LeeAnna. I hope my niece likes it ...So kind of you, LeeAnna. I hope my niece likes it as well. I hadn't thought about pre-washing since I don't do it {although I test strong colors for fastness.} Power saw sounds like some heavy duty gloves. You go, girl.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922656955543465650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post-44526378713451258052019-11-20T22:13:23.853-06:002019-11-20T22:13:23.853-06:00Thanks for writing, Janie. Let me know how gardeni...Thanks for writing, Janie. Let me know how gardening gloves work for you.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922656955543465650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post-77646428110893624902019-11-20T22:00:10.883-06:002019-11-20T22:00:10.883-06:00A perfect baby quilt and such a lovely mix of past...A perfect baby quilt and such a lovely mix of pastels, I do like the limey green fabrics in amongst all the softer colours.Mystic Quilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13233427034920359604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post-40992543869034281872019-11-20T14:11:21.544-06:002019-11-20T14:11:21.544-06:00A very pretty quilt, it just begs to be cuddled an...A very pretty quilt, it just begs to be cuddled and loved! I'm curoius, what sort of batting you have used, is it a blend? Linda @ kokaquiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01942832808800906728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post-16007030086722149542019-11-20T11:37:47.623-06:002019-11-20T11:37:47.623-06:00Oh, this is so soft and pretty but those little sn...Oh, this is so soft and pretty but those little snatches of stronger colour keep it from being too saccharine sweet. I like it a lot! Funnily enough I was thinking about hourglasses today- this has made me feel even more tempted to go in that direction next.Kajahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417544341324291385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post-83621287872291906542019-11-20T06:55:51.654-06:002019-11-20T06:55:51.654-06:00I use gardening gloves, too! This baby quilt turn...I use gardening gloves, too! This baby quilt turned out beautifully! I don’t care much for precuts.....I even get frustrated with fat quarters, sometimes, but once in awhile, they do come in handy.KaHollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528677007819875856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post-67604198052657400102019-11-19T17:06:24.972-06:002019-11-19T17:06:24.972-06:00Sweet. Looks so soft and cuddly. You can't go ...Sweet. Looks so soft and cuddly. You can't go wrong with Hourglasses in any color or value. Congrat on another finish. I have a difficult time staying in the ditch so don't even try to quilt in the ditch anymore. I have tried gloves too but don't like quilting with gloves. I need to feel the fabric. Tried those little rubber thingies for the ends of fingers but didn't like those either. I guess it takes getting used to. I never liked to wear a thimble on my finger when hand quilting either but got used to it after trying lots of variations and am never without it now. Never used to like to wear gardening gloves because I liked to feel the earth in my fingers but earth is hard to get out of fingernails and dries up the skin. I wear out about a pair of those cheap gardening gloves a week now. I stick them on fence posts out in the gardens when I can no longer use them. <br /><br />Before retirement I was CIO for a privately owned medical lab with several sites and a pathology group. No board, it was run by the pathologists. I remember reading about Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes in several lab publications. We discussed Theranos at a few of our business meetings. Seemed too good to be true but the contract with Walgreens seemed to give it some credibility. I wrote computer programs to interface orders and results between lab information system and lab instruments and did see a lot of changes in lab testing and instruments over the 30 years I worked in the lab. Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793711897790110579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post-26066519156436104482019-11-19T16:18:24.679-06:002019-11-19T16:18:24.679-06:00Darling. . . you make it look so easy and I know i...Darling. . . you make it look so easy and I know it is not. Sweet quilt!Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14423024947233260195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post-44238997142777002852019-11-19T15:32:34.190-06:002019-11-19T15:32:34.190-06:00finally getting to emails, and saw this pretty sho...finally getting to emails, and saw this pretty show up... oh how sweet and fresh. I'd like it. I'd love to see it daily. I have attraction to precuts but do not like not being able to prewash. I pre rinse in a tub but they shrink differently and it's messy. Your use of stash with them is so smart and it's lovely. I use the gloves that came with the power saw. <br />L.A.LA Paylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06553491768819243802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post-9733338970615112042019-11-19T12:58:24.221-06:002019-11-19T12:58:24.221-06:00Beautiful quilt for a baby, great finish!
Thanks f...Beautiful quilt for a baby, great finish!<br />Thanks for the garden glove tip, works better, costs less, win/win.<br />Your book looks interesting, thanks for sharing.Janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post-51223155101798388742019-11-19T10:17:23.801-06:002019-11-19T10:17:23.801-06:00Buying in large packs sounds good because I run th...Buying in large packs sounds good because I run through gardening gloves very quickly. <br />I'm not a fan of all these different cuts, especially when they repeat the fabric in the pack. What's the use of that? But I received the first pack as a gift. This one I purchased to test. The serrated edges are a pain but by pairing them with one I've rotary cut, it's easy to sew a seam and then trim them both down some more. Too much work in general. I didn't know about different manufacturers cutting their own personal size. What a pain. Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922656955543465650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post-53945972165936353962019-11-19T09:17:32.998-06:002019-11-19T09:17:32.998-06:00You got that lovely quilt done fast! It tuned out...You got that lovely quilt done fast! It tuned out so pretty! I use a work glove that had the front of the fingers and palms covered with a rubber like material. I use them for yardwork and free motion quilting. I buy them by the dozen on ebay. I am hard on gloves too! I had quite a collection of charm packs that I have accumulated thru giveaways. I learned that Charm squares are not the same size from manufacturer to manufacturer and the size of the squares can vary in the pack a bit. I also don't like the serrated edges. I will use up what I have eventually, but I will definitely trim them before I use them. patty a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01861433552460661701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231509571353812426.post-55527296556370540582019-11-19T09:16:58.499-06:002019-11-19T09:16:58.499-06:00Thanks, Julierose. The family seemed to like it, t...Thanks, Julierose. The family seemed to like it, too. Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922656955543465650noreply@blogger.com