Archive for May, 2011

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15.7 SQ Episode 025 – Quilt Show Trifecta

May 28, 2011

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I went to three quilt shows during the month of May:

The Kaw Valley Quilt Guild Show

Here is a slide show from the show.

And if you can’t see the embedded pictures, here is the link to my flickr slide show and set.

The Greater Kansas City Area Quilt Guild Show

Here is a slide show from the show.

And if you can’t see the embedded pictures, here is the link to my flickr slide show and set.

Machine Quilter’s Showcase

Here is a slide show from the show.

And if you can’t see the embedded pictures, here is the link to my flickr slide show and set.

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15.6 Stay Organized with Squishies

May 9, 2011

If you suddenly find yourself with a cleaned up living area and a messed up, overcrowded, filled to the brim with stuff sewing room, be sure to stay organized if you’re swapping.

I sincerely hope everyone who I received packages from was rated appropriately. You see, there was a stack of fabrics, envelopes, perler beads, heaphones, tape, paper, gum … on my desk for a while, and although I tried to keep everything together with the original package, I am not that sure that all my squishies are with all my swappy ladies. But so far, I think I’m good(?)

Now I have a scrap swap to work on before this weekend.  Better look at my scraps!

And more importantly, my journey steps blocks are swapped out. And none of them are mine!

Here is what I can fit on my design wall above the ironing board.

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15.5 SQ Episode 024 – Swap Saga

May 3, 2011

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SQ Episode 024 – Swap Saga


Lately, I’ve been concentrating on swapping.

There are many online swapping tools to help facilitate swapping, it’s like having a pen pal that sends you stuff!

Swap-O-Rama-Rama

You can search flickr for swap groups. You can go to craftster to swap.

The two groups I’m going to talk about are Swap-bot.com swaps, specifically the Quiltcast Supergroup swap group (which you are welcome to join the group and potentially join the swaps), and the Yahoo Group Sew Many Swaps.

As a beginner, you may want to chose the following swaps

  • fabric swaps (for specific fabric cuts)
  • large blocks
  • blocks with small # of seams
  • finished item swaps (mug rug, quilted notecard holders, pincushions)
  • blocks that you can paper piece

Swaps are organized “person-to-person’ a.k.a. decentralized swaps, or they can be centralized.

Person-to-person swaps

  • are best facilitated by swap-bot
  • one way postage
  • easier for international partners
  • one person may flake out leaving one person with no blocks
  • may have partners or swap around a group

centralized swaps

  • focus of the Sew Many Swaps group
  • one person decides who gets what block
  • more scrappy results
  • more people may have to wait if one person is late
  • more variety in styles

Things that are fun about swapping:

  • mystery of items coming
  • risk
  • new color combinations you don’t know you love
  • new blocks you’ve never tried
  • deadlines for finishing a project
  • someone else picks the project for you, less thinking planning
  • scrappy

Things that are not fun about swapping:

  • flakers
  • not being accurate with blocks
  • getting fabric that is poor quality
  • fabric that is unliked
  • waiting for packages in the mail
  • not sure how to finish blocks

Swaps are cool.  Like stetsons and bow ties!

Cowboy Hats

Beard, Beret And Bow Tie

Additional Music

Haliluia by Glen Strickey

Beauty in the Struggle by Shane Henry

Handcuff.wav by Erdie


				
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15.4 Recorded, needs tweaking

May 1, 2011

A podcast about swaps is on its way.  I have recorded the first hour now 3 times and have about 20 minutes of personal stuff that needs rerecorded (tweaked) & edited because it got too personal at the end and after 4 hours in between recording and listening, brought my own mood back down from a pretty good feeling.  Will not subject you to that.  Will record tomorrow or Tuesday because now it’s bedtime and I need sleep!

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