Archive for September, 2011
…long work days
I look forward to this week all year. It’s very busy and I work long hours but I love working alongside these quilters and you know I love Maine!
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I made it to Maine!
I’m spending the next few days with fellow HeartStrings members, can you guess what I’ll be doing?
Yep, that’s my tying table with the first quilt all set up ….and here’s me getting ready to work!
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I wanted to cry too
The Vikings lost again – so sad but I did get through some items on my list which is good since I’m heading to Maine tomorrow.
In case Adam is reading…I should tell you that I sent Caleb the Vikings shirt and told Adam he had to send me a photo of him in it. They’re Bucs fans and were very pleased with the outcome of today’s game.
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One scarf done
The red one still needs blocking but this one is done – it could probably use some blocking too but it will have to wait and I plan to wear it next week.
The pattern is Seafoam - a free download from Ravelry.com
The yarn is fingering weight, knit on size 8 needles. It was hand dyed and gifted to me by my sister Deb and I think this was the perfect use for it.
It’s kind of hard to get a good photo, the beads look lighter in the photo above than they really are – they’re all shades of blue, turquoise, and green and go well with the yarn. For some reason the green is not photographing well – not in the beads or in the yarn.
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Working on my list
I finished knitting this scarf on the way home from the North Shore and if I get the beading done I’ll wear it on the trip to Maine
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I really am not very good at this
You think I’d be a better quilter after 10+ years but I still struggle with these kinds of quilts. I’d like to blame it one the fact that I don’t do enough of this type of quilting but who knows if practice would make me any better.
This is a wallhanging of Mom’s and hopefully she won’t regret having me quilt it for her 
The lighting tonight isn’t the best for showing the quilting and I always find RED hard to photograph but in this case, sharing less detailed photos are probably kinder to me the quilter!
It’s hard to see but the fern quilting in the outer border did turn out nicely – I’ll definitely do that again.
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Out and about
Before running errands this afternoon, I met my friends Susan and Wendi for a visit to a local quilt shop and lunch. We ate at a fun place that had paint by number paintings all over their walls.
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Home
It was hard to leave but I know I’m heading for Maine on Monday so that helps! A few days at home, I wonder what I’ll mark off my list??
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