JudyL — Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara

Idle Threats!

May 25, 2013 · by JudyL

Vince was in my sewing room “helping” with my fabric choices. He picked up three skeins of yarn that I hadn’t gotten around to putting out of sight.

Yarn

Think of this conversation . . with me trying to be very nonchalant, when I’m wanting to say “Get out of here NOW!” You would have to know his feelings for The Loopy Ewe to appreciate this conversation. Truly, he loves TLE and Sheri but he likes to give me a hard time. Really .. who knows if banks are completely safe these days. It’s much better to invest the life savings in yarn, right? :)

Vince: Oh, Oh! What’s this?
Me: Looks like yarn!
Vince: What kind of yarn?
Me: Hmm . . my guess is sock yarn.
Vince: Where did it come from?
Me: Hmm . . probably from some yarn shop in Colorado . . Fort Collins maybe!
Vince: THE LOOPY EWE! That’s it! I’m sending it back!

Yeah . . sure . . how many more days did you say you’re off?

All the while I was very thankful that the Wolmeise I snagged last week will not arrive til Tuesday and he will be back at work on Tuesday.

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Alternate Colors for Road to Llano

May 25, 2013 · by JudyL

It’s a darned good thing it’s been raining for two days or I’d be out in my garden working instead of playing on the computer! I’m definitely not complaining about the rain . . love every drop of it!

Here are some other options for colors. I did these quickly so some of it my not be perfect. You don’t need to tell me if you see a square or triangle colored wrong . . these are just drawings so you can see how it looks in other colors.

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My Road to Llano Fabric Choices

May 25, 2013 · by JudyL

Whew . . this isn’t easy. What makes it so hard is that the one I’ve already made with the green . . those are the perfect color choices. I know there are other choices that will work but I keep looking at that top and comparing the others to it and they don’t measure up and I want the quilt for my friend to be the prettiest quilt she’s ever seen! Feel free to share your thoughts about these selections . . I’m not sure what I’ll do. Before you suggest it, I have no more of the light lavender fabric that I used in the first quilt or I probably would make an exact duplicate.

Choice #1

Choice #1 – The fabrics I pulled last night, thinking without a doubt . . they would be perfect. The tan is too blah . . just fades out the rest of the fabric.

Choice #2

Choice #2 – Changed out the tan for a gold. Better but not floating my boat yet.

Choice #3

Choice #3 – Change out the tan for pink. Maybe. I wish I had a pink that wasn’t quite so bright. I might . . have to look more. So far, these are all Michael Miller Krystal fabrics except the white is Andover Dimples.

Choice #4

Choice #4 – Changed out the two purples. They’re now batiks, while the black and pink are Krystal and the white is Dimples. I don’t normally mix batiks with plain cottons but everyone says it’s ok and I’m getting desperate.

Choice #5

Choice #5 – Changed out the white for an ecru batik. Changed out the black for a black batik. Only the pink isn’t batik.

Choice #6

Choice #6 – Changed out the pink for tan batik. Everything is batik. It probably looks more like the original drawing. I still like the fabrics in the one with the green better.

All I’ve managed to accomplish is that I have pulled half the fabrics from the closet to the sewing room and I have a huge mess! If I had to make a choice right this minute, I’d probably go with #5 but I’m going to ponder this a bit more.

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Circus Baby Quilt

May 25, 2013 · by JudyL

One of the techs at Speck’s vet’s office is having a baby girl in mid June. I had this circus panel and I had added some borders and thought it would make a cute baby quilt.

Circus Baby Quilt

This fabric was in my stash and I am using it for the backing.

Backing Fabric

If all goes well today, I’ll get this quilted and get it bound soon. Speck needs his nails’ trimmed so I can deliver the quilt and get his nails trimmed at the same time!