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Mixed Bag

January 18, 2015 by Angie 2 Comments

This is the fabric I’ve chosen for my next project …… it’s Mixed Bag by Studio M.

I’m making the Layer Cake Quilt and this one will be pattern 2 … click here to view Pattern 1.

My first step is I’m going to cut all the 10″ squares and I’ll end up with …

42 pieces that measure 4 x 10
42 pieces that measure 6 x 6
42 pieces that measure 6 x 4

Some one ask me when I find time to quilt … the answer is …. I squeeze in time whenever I can. For example … cooking dinner … I rush over to my sewing machine… while the food is cooking. You’d be amazed at how much you can get done sewing for 5 or 10 minutes (as long as the fabric is pre-cut). If the meal takes an hour to cook or prepare .. that usually gives me at least 20 minutes of sewing …. maybe more.

I’m not sure when I’ll start the quilt …..but it’s on the dining room table calling my name!! I’m headed to my office now to film some videos for Stamp Club Online and Chic n Clique ….. I pray my strength holds out long enough for me to get them all filmed.

See ya!

Quilting Raskog

January 16, 2015 by Angie 12 Comments

I LOVE the Raskog cart from Ikea!!!

So much so that I have three of them … the one you see here is my Quilting Cart. I love it because I can roll it around the entire main floor of my house!

I occasionally have all my quilting stuff ….. on every surface (especially when Dave goes fishing)!!

I cut fabric on the breakfast room table. See picture below … I have a Megamat that I place on top (next time I get it out I’ll share a picture).

I iron on the island (perfect height!!!).

I sew on the dining room table …. see picture below ….

Back to the carts …. the other two are in my office. One holds all the supplies for when I film papercrafting videos. The other one holds all my Project Life supplies.

If you look closely at the quilting cart … you’ll see the Antonius Basket Insert …. also found at Ikea.

Now for the personal stuff … my health…..

My doctor is referring me to a Rheumatologist …. which means we are getting closer to finding the source of pain. After I talked to the nurse I called daddy to tell him the news and we both had a light bulb moment (or I did). When I was a child I was diagnosed with Rheumatism … my legs hurt something awful and when it rained they hurt even worse. The only treatment I remember was eating a lot of bananas. Fast forward to adulthood … legs still ached when it rained … but it was manageable … especially when I no longer lived and worked on a farm. Here’s the real kicker … when we moved to Kansas …. my knee never hurt again …but my wrists did …so much so that I wore a copper bracelet for years. It worked … the pain went away …so I stopped wearing it. How in the world did I forget that?

A new copper bracelet is on it’s way to my house … thanks to Amazon 🙂 It may help … it may not … but it sure can’t hurt!

The next step is …. I’m waiting to get approval from my insurance company to see a specialist (hopefully early next week).

For those of you reading my blog that have chronic pain …. I think of all of you every day and I hope you find relief one day!!!

Have a good night!!

Layer Cake Quilt 1 Pattern

January 15, 2015 by Angie Leave a Comment

The quilt I made daddy was designed on a piece of paper (love my notepads from Ikea).

And I tried to create a pattern for everyone using Pages on a Mac …. and although I love Pages and my Mac … it was NOT working.

So, I broke down and bought the software … Electric Quilt 7 …. I still think it’s a bit much for me and my simple quilting …but it allows me to see what the quilt will look like …. before I begin.

For example … if I had drawn the Layer Cake Quilt instead of flying by the seat of my seats I would have alternated rows…. I think. I’ve completed the first diagram ….but …. what if I change it around … will I like it more or less? Because I’m a visual person I really don’t know until I see it.

The picture below is diagram one … and just as soon as I get diagram two complete I’ll share it. I’m thinking that row two and every other row will be switched. Special Note: This diagram only shows four patterns of fabric … but in fact it uses every single pattern of fabric in a Layer Cake. (It was much easier using three instead of 10.)

How do I word this? On Row Two …. I’ll start with block two instead of block one … but in my experience .. or I should say lack of experience … I’ve found making changes sometimes creates a new issue.

Gott run ….. I have a doctors appointment today and another one as soon as I can see the Rheumatologist (waiting on them to call me). That’s about all I know right now … when I know I’ll be sure to let you know.

See ya!

Sleepy Head

January 13, 2015 by Angie 6 Comments

I was walking around the house today looking for a picture to take … and I saw Miss Bella on the stairs and said “that’s exactly how I feel”. I just want to lay down … so I snapped her picture (and then gave her a hug).

My goal is to share a picture a day … yesterday I did a few hours of work and I managed to post a picture on Chic n Scratch ….. but not here. Vice versa today!

I can’t believe I’m going to say this but I feel worse … if I could just find a way to sleep …. that did not cause pain. I know the lack of sleep is probably half my battle!

I haven’t touched a stamp since last Wednesday and the only time I’ve touched my sewing machine was to sew the rows together on my daddys quilt …. less than 3o minutes of sewing … I know that isn’t the problem.

Oh well, maybe the doctor will call tomorrow … I know she said some of the tests take a while. I’m ready to ask for pain meds …but I really do not want to go that route unless I have no choice. I’ve also given up on drinking wine ….for fear that it was making things worse. I’ve had one glass in the last month … on New Years Eve.

Here’s another picture of Miss Bella …. in the bed with me a few days ago …. isn’t she the cutest thing ever?

See ya!

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