Last night was my little quilt guild meeting, Wego Quiltin'. Due to illness in the family, I was a quick substitute fill-in program. I was supposed to be the program for March, but, hadn't 'tested' my project yet. I found out on Saturday, that I was filling in.
I 'prepped' my project samples during the Superbowl, Sunday evening. I was planning on finishing the samples on Monday, but, wasn't sure they would get done, since my puppy was ill. She was at the vet all day on Monday, getting tests run, then IV fluids and meds. She has
pancreatitis. It explains why she hasn't been wanting to be in my sewing room with me, like usual, but, has hid out in my son's room (dark and quiet) during the day, and why she hasn't wanted her food. It is a painful condition.
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| Katie, recovering this morning |
I'm skipping the
Quilts of Valor monthly sew-in today, to keep an eye on her. Other than to eat, she hasn't moved out of her bed all morning.
Since I was stressed, and waiting to hear back (several times) from the vet on Monday, I stitched my projects.
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| stitching ribbon bookmarks on the hand crank |
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| 24 ribbon bookmarks (they just need buttons) |
I got the idea from Sharon, at
Vrooman's Quilts blog. Sharon got the idea from
Sparkles of Sunshine blog. I copied and pasted her tutorial (including the link to her tutorial) for my ladies, so that they can make these themselves. Thanks Christi, for a great tutorial!
I didn't think I'd get the buttons sewn on, so, I was planning on taking buttons, thread and needles to the meeting, and letting the ladies sew on the buttons, but, it didn't take as long as I thought it would take (I'm a very slow button stitcher). I got all 24 buttons picked out (the hard part) and sewn on each bookmark.
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| paperback size |
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| paperback size |
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| larger book size |
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| larger book size |
I even found time to take some 'freebie table' blocks....
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| freebie table block |
and sew them together, and make a fabric bookmark, to fit my quilting pattern books.
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| pieced fabric bookmark |
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| back of pieced fabric bookmark |
I would suggest that if you make a fabric bookmark, that you use some type of interfacing, to give the fabric some stiffness. I didn't do that, since I was short on time.
25 bookmarks, and time out to go make copies of the tutorial, and run errands. Pretty good!
I let each lady at the guild meeting choose a bookmark for themselves. I suggested that next time they give a quilt book (or any book) to someone, that they make one of these to go with the book. I did do a demo, to show them how to measure, to fit each book.
I contacted
'Life is Good' yesterday, about the shirt.
I got an email back from their legal department:
How sad that people are stealing this companies copyright. Yes, I used a tutorial for something, BUT, I gave credit to where I got it from, and have even posted a comment on her blogpost, that I used it and linked back to her. Credit where credit is due. I try to link back, whenever I use someone's idea. If I copy something, I include the link to where I found it, so I'll know, if I ever use the idea.
I guess I won't be getting one of these shirts, but, now that they know there is interest, maybe they will make something, sewing related, in the future.
Have a great day! I have a sick puppy to watch over. I'm sure I'll get some sewing done while she sleeps.
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