Slow week (and a link party)

Slow week

The Ongoing Project List:

1. Growing Up QAL - finished second block with special tool! (cannot share)
2. Splendid Sampler - cut almost all the pieces for several "filler" 
3. Charity quilts - no progress
4. SK project - stitched one block (see below)
5. Molli Sparkle's "The Honey Pot Bee" - paused until May
6. En Provence QAL - no progress
7. Journaling into my Quilter's Planner - started moving out of this journal... more on May 1st 
8. 70273 Project - four blocks done (see below)
9. Book binding - two little books done (see below)
10. Twilters! Bee - paused until May
11. 2017 Pantone Quilt Challenge: entries will be open from May 19 to May 29. My piece is ready since January :)
12. Threads of Resistance - designed the third piece

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More blocks for the 70273 Project. If you are curious to see some of the beautiful quilts made with all these blocks check out this Pinterest board!

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Few more little notebook to practice my book binding stitches

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And another quote from a Stephen King book (The Plant)

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How about you? What are YOU up to?

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WHY? I need your help! (and a link party)

In weeks full of burocratic craziness, making things is what keeps me sane! :)

The Ongoing Project List:

1. Growing Up QAL - completed two April blocks, an one May block (cannot share)
2. Splendid Sampler - two blocks done (see below)
3. Charity quilts - no progress
4. SK project - no progress
5. Molli Sparkle's "The Honey Pot Bee" - shared on March 1st!!!
6. Project QUILTING - "Old times, good times" COMPLETED (see below)
7. En Provence QAL - no progress
8. Journaling into my Quilter's Planner - no progress
9. 70273 Project - no progress
10. Book binding - two little notebook done (see below)
11. Twilters! Bee - March block done (see below)
12. MP pillow cover - done! it's my entry for Project QUILTING (see below)
13. MP hat - changed my mind... made a little pouch instead (see below)
14. 2017 Pantone Quilt Challenge: entries will be open from May 19 to May 29. My piece is ready since January :)

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When the Challenge 6 of Project QUILTING was announced I had a hard TIME finding the inspiration :). I didn't want to interpret it litterally as I imagine many would and I always want to be different :) Well, time made me think about "old times"... "old times" "fun times"... and this means Disney! :) yes, from where I was able to read to waaaay after I started college, every week, I read the Topolino (an italian comics magazine with the adventure of Donal Duck, Mickey Mouse and their friends and family). That is why I made the following piece (inspired by recent books about Art History... aren't these duck Mona Lisa and Cezanne's duck model just so cute??)

"Old times, good times"

(38'' x 23'')

Now WHYYYYY??? WHY DID THAT HAPPEN???
Of course I refer to the red bleeding :( :( :(
I know why the bleeding happened, I forgot the color catcher, that is not my question...
My question is, WHY did only ONE fabric absorbed the red loose color?
I am a scientist so I want to know...

The two applique pieces are absolutely perfect, no change in color there. This could be because they have Heat'n'Bond on the back, which may change the physical properties of those fabric pieces.
Ok.. that makes sense...
What it DOESN'T make much sense to me is why the absorption pattern is not consistent.

You can see above that the ombre fabric absorbed all of the red color but right against the part where there is a lot of red, the light blue fabric didn't absorbe a thing! The backing fabric also didn't absorbe anything and it is not any more pink than when it started.
The ombre fabric is designer high-quality fabric...
The light blue fabric is designer high-quality fabric...
The backing fabric is big box store fabric...

So can someone help me understand this phenomenon?

By the way, I am not too sad about the bleeding because I was planning to applique flowers around the two Lady Ducks anyway, so no problem there... plus the slight pink tone of the background now makes it more integrated with the other colors of the piece :)

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My last two Splendid Sampler blocks... my total count is 44 and I have a plan to put them in an interesting layout... more on this later next month

Block 98 and Block 91

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My block for the Twilter's Bee swap

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Two more little handmade notebook stitching the bookbinding :)

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I was planning to make my mom a little knitted hat... then I tried to knit a head band... after 1 hour of knitting I remember that I highly dislike knitting :)

Then I found this video for a cute Accordion Pouch by Shabby Fabrics: it is sooooo easy, sooo fast and sooooo cute... Another Xmas present for 2017! :)

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Struggling with time (and a link party)

Where did the time go?! These past few weeks have been quite crazy!!

The Ongoing Project List:

1. Growing Up QAL - March block(s) ready (cannot share)
2. Splendid Sampler - one block done (see below)
3. Charity quilts - no progress
4. SK project - one block done (see below)
5. Molli Sparkle's "The Honey Pot Bee" - no progress
6. Project QUILTING - "We the Rainbow", project done (see below)
7. En Provence QAL - no progress
8. Bullet Journaling into my Quilter's Planner - no progress
9. 70273 Project - no progress
10. Book binding - three small notepad done (see below)
11. Twilters! Bee - completed first block

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When the Challenge 4 of Project QUILTING was announced I immediately knew what it was going to be about for me... rainbow = colors = skin color = diversity = equality = inclusion = we the people!

So this is my piece for the challenge: it includes rainbow flags that celebrate equality and diversity and there is a gradient of many kind of skin colors, textures, tones, all walks of life... we the people!

(temporary title) We the Rainbow, 32''x21''

I have to be honest: I don't think my piece is "done".

It is complete, in the sense that it is stitched and quilted, so it qualifies for the challenge...but the piece is still talking to me... the piece wants to say more, but she needs more time to express her thoughts :)

This is where I struggle for these short timed challenges: while it's great to have the incentive of completing the piece, sometimes a piece need to percolate in your mind a little longer...

Especially a piece that I plan to submit for the Threads of Resistance exhibits... 

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One more block for my Splendid Sampler (with selvages and batiks) journey!

Block 75 - Stitch Crazy

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Anothe block for my Stephen King collection.

The Gunslinger - Book Cover - 5''x7.5''

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The block I made as part of a Bee swap

"My Birds", Pattern by Tina

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And last, but not least, I made few more stitched notebooks! I used some fancy cardstock and some graph paper and I think they turned out pretty nice!!

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How about you? What are YOU up to?

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