2013 January 01 — Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara

QOV Sit and Sew Progress

January 1, 2013 · by JudyL

Many of you left links in your comments on the previous posts but I’m going to add a link box here so that others can see what you’ve accomplished. Many quilt tops were completed today. Even for those of us who didn’t finish our tops, a lot of progress was made. I got almost all the blocks made for one quilt, got all the center blocks made for a total of three quilts.

Thanks to all who participated.

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Sitting and Sewing on a QOV

January 1, 2013 · by JudyL

Last night after dinner I came back to the sewing room, thinking I’d ring in the new year out here but before I ever started sewing, a skunk must’ve walked by my back door and sprayed. I have never been up close and personal with a skunk but my eyes were watering and my throat was burning. I was thinking the smell would go away since I didn’t have the heater on, or anything drawing outside air inside but within five minutes, I knew I couldn’t stay out here long and went back to the house. I ended up taking a long shower and a Benadryl and was in bed early!

This morning I dreaded coming into the sewing room for fear that it still smelled bad out here. In fact, I was a wimp and asked Vince to come over here and get the 20 pound ham out of the fridge and . . “While you’re there, will you notice if it still smells in there?” He did it smelled .. but it’s my Bath & Body Works Wall Flower plugins that he detests. I guess he’d rather smell a skunk!

Anyway, I’m now back in the sewing room. I’m trying to make 3 quilts using the pattern I shared. So far, I have 9 strip sets in red and 9 strip sets in blue sewn, and all the “frames” cut out.

QOV S&S Strips & Frames

Anyone else sitting and sewing this New Year’s Day? You know what they say . . whatever you’re doing on New Year’s is what you’ll be doing all year long!

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December Color Palette Challenge Report

January 1, 2013 · by JudyL

If you created a project for the December Color Palette Challenge, which was a monochromatic challenge, please add your link here. The drawing for the winner of a packet of Vicki’s hand dyed fabrics will be drawn on Friday.

Thank you so much, Vicki, for sponsoring the Color Palette Challenge in 2012. Don’t forget to visit Vicki’s Etsy shop where you will find gorgeous hand dyed fabrics.

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Clarifications – Back to Square One and Others

January 1, 2013 · by JudyL

For the Back to Square One Mystery, the fabric requirements can be found by clicking on the button on my right sidebar. When you read through that info, you’ll see that Vicki Welsh is offering kits of her hand dyed fabrics. I have seen Vicki’s Back to Square One quilt being made in this fabric and it is gorgeous! She will take orders for the kits only until January 10 so if you want one, don’t miss that date!

In this post, Vicki has some good tips for getting perfect points and keeping fabric nice and “square” while working with bias edges.

For those who happen upon something we’re doing here and aren’t sure of the details, it’s always ok to email and ask me. But there’s also the “Group Projects” button at the top. Most things are described there.

There’s a button on the right sidebar for the Back to Square One Mystery and yes, somewhere along the way, the Medallion part of the name got dropped but it’s all one and the same. By the way, if you want that button on your blog, there’s code beneath it that you can copy and paste onto your sidebar.

For the 2013 QOV Challenge, there’s a link on the left sidebar. By clicking there, you can get details of that project.

For the Get It Done Challenge, there’s a link on the left sidebar.

For the What’s Cooking Challenge, there’s a button on the right sidebar that you can grab.

Again, it’s always ok to email me to ask questions or post your questions in the comment section. If I don’t see them for a while, someone else will see them and provide answers.