Thursday, March 14, 2013

A different twist

The other day I was hemming a few pairs of Blue Jeans and in order to have the right weight and a blended color I tryed using two different shades of gold and threaded them through at the same time and through just one needle.......

I was very happy with the results and how it behaved in the machine as well.

I am sure I will try this again in other sewing where I would like the thread to be a little heavier.... post cards and quilt details are just a couple that I can think of right now.

I have almost finished quilting the second of my McCall's QDS quilts labels and hanging sleeves to follow as well. I just missed a opportunity to have them hanging in Saskatoon .... maybe another time.

I am about half done a grad gown that I have been working on over the last while.... with any luck I should have it done by the week's end.

Have a great day out there and try out using double thread ...... you just may like the look and have a few  uses for it as well.
in stitches
Annette

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Thursday, March 7, 2013

time for some R n' R

Took a few days off work,,,, I wonder what I can get done while I am at home.
Sew far I have
finished quilting one of my McCall's QDS quilts and it is ready for a label 
the next one is half done
I have two smaller quilts ready for binding
a session of aqua size and  massage this morning....... long over due
gone for a few walks in the snow
and mailed my give away from last weeks blog hop, away
even cleaned the bath room ...... it's a start
and I am ready to throw that machine of mine against the wall ( brick that is) I think it has cost a fortune just in gas back and forth to the city. Sew glad I have a back up to work with.

I hope to get back at blogging a little more often . even if I just say Hi ,  and how are you doing??

 I know that I should get  to sorting my scraps and yardage. I know that it is amazing how many quilt you can make out of the left over fabrics from quilting. I may dive in later today.
That's about it.....
How about you ??? What have you all been up to.
in stitches
Annette


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Saturday, March 2, 2013

All about Me Give Away Winner

Well I have my winner and I am just waiting for her to get back to me sew that I can send off her gift.
My random number generator is and Ice cream pail with the numbers in it and I just line them up to the comments / names when I pull the number out. 
Who says being the first one to comment is not lucky ....
                                                    as I pulled out #1
and if you check my comments that was Barbara.....
congrats and I will be looking forward to hearing from you.

I do thank each every one that left a comment on my blog for this hop. I am sorry to say that I did not get back to each of you : (
I just ran out of time ..... I  will be trying to answer back shortly.
I will do better in my next hop .  I did sew enjoy reading each and every comment and seeing the other sites as well. Everyone had done such a great job with there little mini me's.
Thanks again
in stitches
Annette
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

It's all about Me....... blog hop

It's Thrusday the 21st sew.......
It's my turn to share with you what I have done with the fun little pattern that Amy Bradley share with us.
There have been some great projects created sew far and what imagination some of the creators have.
Sew without further ado here is my little project.

I could only fine one stripped fabric in my stash, sew I also quilted on the bias to add a little more.
I did add a couple little touches with the brass spool of thread and of course I seamed to always have a threaded needle attached to myself when working on a project, sew my lady has one too.I changed up the hair just a wee bit with my bangs and added prairie points and buttons to fame her up.
                                                               my bias backing

Here is the list of today's blogger's be sure to stop by and have a visit with them too.
Thursday, February 21








In Stitches and Seams ( that's me )






I have a little give away sew if you leave a comment and you can get in on the draw, which will be at the end of the hop( if you are a non reply commenter I will not be able to contact you )
                                                 a charm pack and a quilters deck of cards

Thank you to Madame Samm, Marlene and Amy for all the work that goes into a blog hop.I know it take a lot of time and talent to get things to run as smoothly as they seam to us out here.
Thanks for stopping
in stitches
Annette
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Anniversary give away

and the winner is Flo from Butterfly quilting and I should have that off to her shortly.
thanks sew much for stopping by my blog over the last two years.
in stitches
Annette
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Machine repaired....... again

Talk about trouble with a machine. I have had some troubles with my Pfaff machine almost from day one . I have finally had the mother board change in it and it was sewing much better but then my thread sensore quit working .....back to the shop... and it proved to be  a headache for them as well. .... as it would work when all apart but when it was all together again it would not.....sew they replace the mother board again and sew far all looks and works good. I am planing on  some sewing tonight to test it out a little more.  Finger crossed.  It's a great machine and I am glad to have it home again.
I am very glad that it is still under warranty..... make sure you all check to see what type of warranties your machines have especially if they are new and computer based. And make sure you have them tuned up before it's done, as well as a regular tune up and cleaning.

But what else have I been up to ....
still testing out a pattern for Marci Baker ( I'll let you know when the pattern is ready )
and working on a grad gown  ( lining done and ready for a fitting) I am liking how it is coming along. It has been a challenging pattern as it came cut to the size they thought would fit with out any directions, seam allowances or hemming allowance , no notion list etc. But I think I have it figured out. It helped when the one night I laid out all the pattern pieces on the kitchen floor to put the puzzle together.

I have another quilt all finished and ready for a new home.I know I have a few more that need to get quilted sew I am sure I will be  practicing my FMQ as I test out the above machine.
Now I am off to check out afew of the bloggers in the Hop going on over on Sew WE Quilt
in stitches
Annette
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It's All About Me !! Blog hop starts today !!!

and it's all about you too
here is the schedule for the hop sew that you all can see what we have all created with the pattern from Amy Bradley......I'm sure there will be some giggles withthis hop and maybe s few give aways too.

Tuesday, February 19



Wednesday, February 20



Thursday, February 21

In Stitches and Seams    ( that's me )


Friday, February 22



Monday, February 25




Tuesday, February 26



Wednesday, February 27



Thursday, February 28

 
My post will be on the 21st see you then.
in stitches
Annette
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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Happy Valentines Day ......

Valentines Day marks my blogging anniversary, it's been 2 years since I first thought I would try to do this blogging  thing. I have learned a lot along the way and met a lot of great quilters and non quilters on this journey.
I will be having a little give away to celebrate , sew if you leave a comment I will include you in the draw please leave a way for me to contact you if you are a non reply commenter. Draw will be made Sunday, Feb. 17th.

I feel that I  have done a lot of growing as a quilter in these last 2 years and have stepped out of my comfort zone as well. I am a quite and shy person, but I have learned to speak up and out. I  have even been a guest speaker. I have taught more classes on quilting and post cards, still learning to use that camera of mine( work in progress ) and designing more ( and that lead to the McCall's Quilt Design Star 2012 , watch for the May/June issue of McCall's for the finalists and winners in both categories ) I have even taken part of a few blog hops with some great themes. Watch for the lists for next weeks hop, I'll try to post it for Friday.


some of the goodies in
 my give away

I have a few more post cards to share from the swap and even a extra from one of the gals on this end of the swap a sewing / quilting buddy from Regina.
I think almost all the post cards have been delivered and enjoyed. I have heard that there are one or two that are taking just a little longer to get to there new homes.
                                                             this one is from Carol

                                                        This one is from Brenda
                                              and  from Isabelle
                                                      and one from my good friend Sheila

Here is a group shot of my lovely Valentines...... Thanks sew much Ladies

Sew thanks sew much for stopping by my little blog and spending part of your day with me.
I hope to continue my blog and share what's going on in my quilting life and even a little on the non quilting life too.
In Stitches
Annette

And I should not forget that I did get our son's quilt delivered this weekend as well
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

a little more mail :)



A few more post cards have arrived in the mail. Such a wonderful collection I have be receiving in the mail. The ladies have such great ideas for the post cards I can hardly wait to share them with you all and some of my friends .... thanks sew very much for the special cards ....
A lovely PP post card from
Annie

 


wonderful little hearts hanging in the trees....
made by
Dianne

Each card is special to me and shows me how we all connect through things we love. I think we should or could do this again for Easter or maybe even St. Patty's Day .....
Thanks for letting me share my mail with you today I do have a couple more to come sew keep watching
in stitches
Annette

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Monday, February 4, 2013

a weekend of stitches and seams

I had a great week filled with stitches and seams ...I finished a loopy scarf for myself

and did some sewing , testing a pattern for one of the quilt designers that I enjoy.
I call this one Snakes and Ladders

I even designed a quilt with the ruler and technique. I think I will add a set of eyes in the border just keeping a eye on things ... pun intended....lol
 I'll wait to show the patterns tested for the designer, ( I would like to get the okay from the designer.)
I still have one more that I want to try out.
I have the costumes half done, just the shirts ... they are all cut and ready to go.
Have a great day/ evening
in stitches
Annette

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Saturday, February 2, 2013

Weekend projects

Well this week end I hope to get a little more done with the dance costumes, as well as testing a pattern for one of the quilt designers that I like to follow and use there patterns...... hint Hollow Cubes is one of their designs.I will share what I have been doing with this pattern when I get the okay to do sew. I still have to do the label for the Hollow Cubes quilt for our son, it has been taking too long just to do that sew I think I will put it on the top of my list.
I also hope to enjoy some of that sunshine that's out there today as well.
I do not think the ground hog saw it's shadow and spring is on it's way ...... either way 6 more weeks of winter.....
Sew I hope you all have a great weekend
in stitches
Annette
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Friday, February 1, 2013

Mail... coming and going

My little post office box has been busy today ....
I received 4 fabric post cards from some of the gals in Nova Scotia .


a cute pieced heart
 ( Paper Pieced / a mended heart sew to speak)
with accent stitching.
made by Becky

 a strippie paper pieced heart ( I think)
with a cute little border
made by Carol McN.
just lovely cards ladies thank you sew much , I can hardly wait to see what next will bring.

stacked hearts and in a row
great accent stitching
made by Donna

 a lovely little stitchery
made by Joanne
 
We all where to mail them by the end of January sew that we would have our Valentine post cards to enjoy before Valentine's Day arrived.
Sew here is the cluster of post cards I put in the mail. I hope they arrive early next week.

Thanks sew much ladies for your lovely post cards, I  look forward to collecting my mail next week.
Have a great weekend ..... happy stitching
in stitches
Annette
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Monday, January 28, 2013

where dose the time go????

Well it's been a few days since I posted any thing on the blog..... sorry about that.
Let's see what I have gotten done in the last week or sew.
I have 3D quilt Hollow Cubes ready for the label which I hope to stitch out today.
I taught a Fabric Post Card class on Tuesday evening and contacted everyone on my end for  a post card exchange with a group of gals in Nova Scotia who are in a guild with Sheila from Sheila's Quilt World . I have made a few more post cards and should have them in the mail on  Tuesday, sew that they will arrive before Valentine's Day. Thanks Sheila for organizing the swap I am sure we all will enjoy seeing what we will receive in the mail.
I went to Humboldt, with one of my quilting buddies, to sign up for some classes for this years conference the end of May. As well as delivering a few gifts to a good friend while there.
I have had some fabric dropped off to make a couple costumes for some young people in the dance club here in town .... now to get the measurements so that I can get to the sewing.
And of course there was work ..... so that's what I have been up to.
And as for today I hope to get to my machine as I did not sew all weekend and I can hear it calling me  ; )
The quilt label and getting started on the next hop that I will be participating in. I may have to make a call sew that I can get started on those costumes, as I may have some time to work on them this week.
I  also hope to get a few pictures taken to put in my next post sew that you can see what I have been up to as well.
Thanks for stopping by
in stitches
Annette
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Monday, January 14, 2013

In Your Words - feeling a little Blue ???

  (My post for January 15)

Well it is almost at the end of the Hop .... but today is my turn to show you what I did.
A couple years ago at the Saskatchewan Stitches Conference I took a blue printing class also know as Cyanotype.
Blue Printing is done with  fabric that has been treated with chemicals that react to the sun. You work in semi darkness to prepare your fabric with items that will create your end design , kind of a negative image and then you take your work out in to the sunshine. The fabric starts out a chartreuse green and changes to the dark blue. When the desired darkness is achieved you then remove the design items and rinse it out well to stop the process and then hang to dry indoors. The only thing you must remember is that this fabric can never be washed with soap as the phosphates will take the blue away.
 I had a great time learning and playing with this and loved the end result of the fabric. But alas you know who it goes that we do not always get everything done that we would like to , with what I had started in that class.
One of the items I did had some words that I like and that I think apply to all of us
 LIVE    LOVE and LAUGH.
some of my favorite words

Sew Thank you Madam Samm and Linda for this hop as it helped me to take out my wordy fabric and get creative.  I added some free motion quilting and embroidery.
Here is my finished product..... I hope you like it


Sew try to Live Well, Love with all your heart and Laugh often. I know I try to follow these words.

I also had one piece that I tea died  sew I made this little mat to stick my Needles and Pins into sew that they do not fall to the floor and get lost in the carpet only to be found later by someones' feet.( usually my hubby's)


I also have one more item only just started as I still am looking for the words to put along the wide border....
awaiting words,
maybe
 a baby's name
 
Thank you for sharing a little of your day with me, now if you have time stop on by and visit my fellow bloggers
Here is  today's schedule

Tuesday, January 15

BQuiltin Studio (Beverly K.)

Hill Valley Quilter (Britt-Inger)

Bumbleberry Stitches (Theresa K.)


Outback Crafter (Debra S.)

In Stitches and Seams (Annette S.) ME

Englating (Marica from Sweden)

Stitchin by the Lake (Marlene B.)

Selina Quilts (Selina)


Words & Stitches (Beth S.)
What a great group of ladies to be included with . I hope you are enjoying the blog hop as much as I am, I love seeing what everyone has done.
in stitches
Annette
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Saturday, January 12, 2013

Work & Play

Well this weekend is a little of both
I have to finish getting organized for the post card class and put a few kits together as well as a couple alterations.
Next will be the finishing touches to my wall hanging for the IN YOUR WORDS blog hop I hop you all have been checking out what everyone has made sew far .... there is a lot of talent out there and sew many interesting projects have been shown.....not to mention all the give aways that have been hosted by the bloggers. Here is the full list as given to me
check out the past days too.
Monday, January 7
Kwilty Pleasures (Kathy G.)
Sew Darn Quilt (Carolyn R.)
Traveling Quilter (Debbie A.)
Just Let Me Quilt (Carol S.)
Vroomans Quilts (Sharon V.)
Cate's Linens (Catherine R.)
Nini and the Sea (Denise)
Tuesday, January 8
Piece Peace (Patricia G.)
A Stitch in Time (Patty D.)
krislovesfabric (Kris T.)
The Slow Quilter (Felicia F.)
Wednesday, January 9
Kathy's Quilts (Kathy W.)
Sunshine Quilting (Martina S.)
Grammie Q's (Charlotte M.)
Dancing Moon (Carla B.)
(Betty V.) at “that other blog”
Thursday, January 10
Just Sew Sue (Sue B.)
Scrappy 'n Happy (Jess R.)
Sowing Stitches (Beulah aka. Carol)
Just Quilt It (Kathy G.)
Friday, January 11
Jane's Fabrics (Jane R.)
Jane's Quilting (Jane C.)
Nuts 4 Redwork (Heide W.)
Bits and Pieces (Martha R.)
Life in Every Breath (Jennifer B.)
Quilting Lines (Patricia L.)
Meadowbrook (Kristen K.)
Count It All Joy! (Denise P.)
Sophie Junction (Sophie W.)
Monday, January 14
Clothes and Crafts (Maria K.)
Simple Sew (Shirley T.)
Woolie Mammoth (Anna B.)
RocknQuilts (Mary Ann)
Quiltsmiles (Jane E.)
Tuesday, January 15
BQuiltin Studio (Beverly K.)
Hill Valley Quilter (Britt-Inger)
Bumbleberry Stitches (Theresa K.)
Outback Crafter (Debra S.)
In Stitches and Seams (Annette S.) ME
Englating (Marica from Sweden)
Stitchin by the Lake (Marlene B.)
Selina Quilts (Selina)
Words & Stitches (Beth S.)
Wednesday, January 16
(Rosemary B.) at “that other blog”
Sew Many Yarns (Lyndsey M.)
Sew We Quilt (Mdm. Samm)
The German Mom (Tina S.)
Christa Quilts (Christa W.)
Sew there you have it Lots to do ... lots to see....
I chat with you later this weekend after I get caught up .... a little
in stitchs
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Sunday, January 6, 2013

weekend at play

I have been having some fun with my FMQing on one of the projects for IN YOUR WORDS blog hop.
adding some details to my wall hanging

Getting started on some swap post cards / and samples too

I also have a few post cards started and want to make a few more I am working towards a class I will be teaching as well as a post card swap with My friend Sheila and her guild in Nova Scotia
a couple more

This winter I am getting to be very popular with sewing requests for more than just alterations. I have a couple dance costumes to think on as well. I will see the patterns next week and decide then. I know that I have the option to decline , but I also know that there are not very many in town who would tackle this...... I am having a hard time to disappoint them ......... we'll see I know I just have to decide if I can do it and work and find time for my quilting as well..... I need my play time, as you know.
 It could be a challenge....Sew we will see what happens.
Sew that's what I have been up to this weekend.
See you next week.
In stitches
Annette
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Friday, January 4, 2013

new year = new projects

Well the new year has started with a couple of new projects for me. I am working on my quilted projects for the In Your Words hop that starts soon ( link on my side bar )
I also have a few projects to finish from last year too.
I have Hollow Cubes pin basted and ready to go , now it is to get some time in the evenings to sit a FMQ I know once I get started it will not take long
pinned and waiting for FMQing

 When I start FMQ that's all I want to do
I have also been testing out the new motherboard on my sewing machine, with a lot of decorative stitching. that is where the last one was having troubles. Crazy quilt blocks are great for that.

 I have also piece a quilt that is just waiting for a little applique for the test too.
looking for the right words

I have gotten some hemming done and I still want to make a dozen little under shirts for a friend to take on her mission trip.
Later this month I my be starting a grad gown for a young gal here in town. I will wait to see what it is that she wants before committing myself to the project.

The house is quilt now with the kids having gone back to thier own homes ... miss them both already.

Having some fun with my blog ......: ( not sure why it will not let me post and change the photos as before the new year.....I hope to figure it out soon. Sorry about double pics.
in stitches until next time
Annette
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