Making Scrap Quilts from Stash » Uncategorized http://blog.maryquilts.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:44:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 I’m so tired! http://blog.maryquilts.com/2012/02/08/im-so-tired-2/ http://blog.maryquilts.com/2012/02/08/im-so-tired-2/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:44:15 +0000 Mary http://blog.maryquilts.com/?p=7229 I never make allowances for all the catch up that has to be done after a trip … I did get a binding on …not yet hand stitched down…I did a couple seams with this week’s stitch but I’m too lazy to go take a photo, I got Chesty to the groomers and a few triangle blocks made. I’ll leave you with photos of my two favorite guys…

Fresh from the beauty parlor.

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And someone got his first haircut ….

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Do you sort your strings by color??

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I did when I first started making so many string quilts with HeartStrings but now I find I’m not able to keep up. I do however keep a separate bin for my backgrounds because the log cabin strips and strings are one of my favorite variations.

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Bind as many of the 7 HeartStrings quilts as I can
Quilt and bind my pineapple quilt (Feb’s UFO)
Work on my Log Cabin blocks for our HeartStrings project
Work on my half square triangle blocks

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We’ve visited several times before but this was the first time I actually rode a cable car. I was smart and walked DOWN to the water and took the cable car back UP.

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I wandered around the piers, did a tour of an old WWII submarine.

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And believe it or not when I saw the little cable car charm I started a new bracelet. These aren’t Pandora but they are sterling silver. The brand is Chamilia which is surprisingly a Minneapolis company!

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I had plans to make another Pineapple quilt for myself this year … Or at least piece the top. No border…just blocks but we’ll have to see how much I like this one when it’s done. If I love it I might keep this one for me.

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I think these are cherry blossom trees surrounding the cathedral. How odd to see them blooming in February.

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