tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89102712545105601112024-03-12T14:00:51.116-04:00Plum and JuneBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02201021696156401734noreply@blogger.comBlogger264125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910271254510560111.post-702811043950707342016-03-17T13:23:00.000-04:002016-03-17T13:23:41.574-04:00The Applique BookHi everyone! I know it has been a long time since I've posted here but I just wanted to pop in to let you know about a wonderful new quilting book by Casey York (and tell you a little bit about my quilt that is in the book.) The Applique Book is all about - you guessed it - applique! It includes projects, techniques, and tips for several different applique methods including raw-edge, turned-edge, reverse, bias-tape, and free-form applique. In addition to the 16 projects in the book, Casey includes informative profiles of several modern quilters.<br />
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My quilt is Bowls and falls under the free-form applique section. I made a mini-quilt but it could easily be resized to a full size quilt. I combined improv piecing with raw-edge applique to create a design that is easy and (hopefully) fun to make.<br />
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To learn more about The Applique Book and to see the other projects in the book, follow along with the blog tour.<br />
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<strong>Mon. March 14:</strong><br />Casey York | <a href="http://studioloblog.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://studioloblog.wordpress.<wbr></wbr>com</a><br />C&T Publishing |<a href="http://www.ctpub.com/blog/" target="_blank">http://www.ctpub.com/blog/</a></div>
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<strong>Tues. March 15:</strong><br />Jenna Brand | <a href="http://jennabrand.com/" target="_blank">http://jennabrand.com/ </a>(coming soon!)<br />Adrianne Ove/Pink Chalk | <a href="http://www.pinkchalkstudio.com/blog/" target="_blank">http://www.pinkchalkstudio.<wbr></wbr>com/blog/</a></div>
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<strong>Wed. March 16:</strong><br />Jenifer Dick | <a href="http://42quilts.com/" target="_blank">http://42quilts.com/</a><br />Pati Fried | <a href="https://seehowwesew.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">https://seehowwesew.wordpress.<wbr></wbr>com/</a></div>
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<strong>Thurs. March 17:</strong><br />Shannon Brinkley | <a href="http://www.thebottletree.net/blog/" target="_blank">http://www.thebottletree.net/<wbr></wbr>blog/</a><br />Bari J. | <a href="http://barijdesigns.com/blogs/blog" target="_blank">http://barijdesigns.com/blogs/<wbr></wbr>blog</a></div>
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Modern Quilts Unlimited | <a href="https://modernquilts.mqumag.com/category/blog" target="_blank">https://modernquilts.mqumag.<wbr></wbr>com/category/blog</a></div>
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<br />Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02201021696156401734noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910271254510560111.post-29281489426701846092015-06-15T23:14:00.000-04:002015-06-15T23:16:55.637-04:00Sew Organized for the Busy Girl Blog Tour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A little over 3 years ago, right about when I started this blog, I met a very nice woman who was also a new quilt blogger named <a href="http://fabricmutt.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Heidi Staples</a>. To this day, Heidi remains one of my quilty/blogging BFF's - we talk often and despite the fact that we live on opposite coasts, we were even able to meet in person a couple of years ago when I was on the west coast for a few days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, even if Heidi was not a good friend of mine, I would still love her new book - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1607059797/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1607059797&linkCode=as2&tag=pluandjun-20&linkId=K2CCAWHNG2D4ZGBR" target="_blank">Sew Organized for the Busy Girl: Tips to Make the Most of Your Time & Space 23 Quick & Clever Sewing Projects You'll Love</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=pluandjun-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1607059797" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Her book is full of amazing projects, wonderful advice, neat tips and tricks, and, well, it is just overall inspiring! Heidi also includes a few tips from some other sewing bloggers - including a little bit from me :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I haven't been sewing much recently but after seeing the dotty hexagon pillow in Heidi's book, I now know what I want to make with these epp hexagons I made, um, possibly two years ago, um, maybe, hm, could they have been sitting around unused that long, hmm. Anyway, the pillow is the perfect project for using these. I think I need to make a few more for variety but eventually . . . </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I definitely recommend that you take a look at Heidi's book. I've always loved how she mixes vintage with modern with classic in all her projects and her style comes through on every page of this book. If you want to read more about Sew Organized for the Busy Girl and see more of the projects, here is the list of blogger's participating in her blog hop.</span><br />
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font-size: 17.6000003814697px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px;"> & Angela of </span><a href="http://cuttopieces.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17.6000003814697px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Cut to Pieces</a><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 17.6000003814697px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17.6000003814697px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px;">April 13 - Lindsay of </span><a href="http://www.craftbuds.com/" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17.6000003814697px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Craft Buds</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17.6000003814697px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px;"> & Debbie of </span><a href="http://www.aquilterstable.com/" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17.6000003814697px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A Quilter's Table</a><br style="background-color: white; 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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, if you have read any of my recent posts, you probably know that I co-authored a book about medallion quilts (by the way, there is a giveaway still open until tomorrow night to win a copy of the book in <a href="http://plumandjune.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-modern-medallion-workbook_26.html" target="_blank">this post</a>.) In the book, I write a little bit about how the book came to be and how I became interested in medallion quilts. I really enjoy improv piecing, little planning, and designs with lots of room for error (especially for those days when I don't feel like being friends with the scant 1/4" seam) and the medallion quilts I have made (so far) incorporate those. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made two medallion quilts while Janice and I were writing the book; the pattern in the book is for the other quilt (though there is a photo in there of this one.) I used the same triangle design in this quilt as in the quilt for the book and used negative space in a similar way. The big difference is the center - for this I freehand cut petal shapes and appliqued them to the background. I usually prefer raw edge applique but these are finished edge and hand-stitched. And then I made two rows of precise flying geese. I finished the quilt with matchstick quilting - I'm not sure that was my original plan but I just kept adding more lines and before I knew it . . . I washed the quilt before taking these photos today and wow, it crinkled in the dryer!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I started this blog three years ago, I never thought that I would be writing a post about a book that lists me as one of the authors. And I never could have imagined when I met <a href="http://betteroffthread.com/2015/05/24/the-modern-medallion-workbook-blog-hop-a-giveaway/" target="_blank">Janice</a> soon after I started blogging, that we would one year later be taking on this project together. But 1,000,000 texts, emails, and phone calls later plus the quilts of 9 awesome contributors, our book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1607059916/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1607059916&linkCode=as2&tag=pluandjun-20&linkId=CHGEKPPUYPLHPHRU" target="_blank">The Modern Medallion Workbook</a>, is here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before I get to my quilt, I want to tell you a bit more <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1607059916/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1607059916&linkCode=as2&tag=pluandjun-20&linkId=CHGEKPPUYPLHPHRU" target="_blank">The Modern Medallion Workbook</a> (<strike>skip to the bottom of this post for the giveaway</strike>):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- it includes detailed patterns and illustrations for 11 medallion quilts designed by 11 different designers</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- the quilts vary in style from modern-tradition to vintage modern to modern</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- the quilts also vary in complexity </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- the book contains a special techniques section with detailed instructions for paper piecing, piecing curves, and piecing flying geese. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- there is a coloring page for each of the 11 quilts that you can use to figure out the color scheme and fabric placement of your version (you can also scan it and color it in digitally as Janice did in her post.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- the book provides information on designing your own unique medallion quilt; there are instructions on how to measure and determine block size to mix and match the included borders and centers to create your own layout. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-the book also contains ideas for mixing and matching the borders and centers as well as ideas for making "non-medallion" quilts using just the borders or the centers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the June Medallion, my contribution to the book (can you guess where I got the name?) It is pieced improvisationally with lots of negative space. I also decided to treat the binding as one of the borders and pieced together small pieces of many of the fabrics from the quilt to make it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The contributors have been posting about their quilts over the past two weeks and I'll link to their posts so you can see more photos from the book and learn about their quilts. Here are a couple of the other quilts from the book:</span><br />
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by <a href="http://betteroffthread.com/" target="_blank">Janice</a> and me</div>
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with quilts from <a href="http://www.kitchentablequilting.com/" target="_blank">Erica</a>, <a href="http://alexiaabegg.squarespace.com/green-bee-patterns/" target="_blank">Alexia</a>, <a href="http://sometimescrafter.com/blog/" target="_blank">Christina</a>, <a href="http://www.latifahsaafirstudios.com/" target="_blank">Latifah</a>, <a href="http://www.bryanhousequilts.com/" target="_blank">Becca</a>, <a href="http://bloomingpoppies.net/" target="_blank">Karen</a>, <a href="http://verykerryberry.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kerry</a>, <a href="http://nanacompany.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Amy</a>, and <a href="http://weshallsew.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Melissa</a></div>
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plus instruction on how to design your own unique medallion quilt by mixing and matching the centers and borders from the book (including how to figure out how to size the blocks) and a section on advanced techniques commonly used for medallions including paper piecing, flying geese, piecing curves, and more. </div>
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I'm excited to share with you this new book written by Rebecca Bryan from <a href="http://www.bryanhousequilts.com/" target="_blank">Bryan House Quilts</a> (scroll to the bottom of this post for a chance to win your own copy.) I've always admired Becca's style and this book definitely does not disappoint! The quilts are seriously gorgeous and the book includes valuable information for choosing fabrics and techniques to make your own! Here are some of my favorites:<br />
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I've been loving all of the projects that have been made for the book's blog hop. You can see the full list at the bottom of this post. I, unfortunately, haven't made a project from the book yet but that doesn't mean I haven't been thinking about which fabric I would use. If you are familiar with my blog, you probably know that I don't use too many bold colors but I looked through my fabric stash to come up with my own version of a modern rainbow palette.<br />
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March 23rd <a href="http://www.ctpub.com/blog/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">C&T/ Stash Books</a></div>
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March 24th Heidi Staples of <a href="http://fabricmutt.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Fabric Mutt</a></div>
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March 27th Sally Keller of <a href="http://sallysangelworks.typepad.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Sally’s Angel Works</a></div>
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March 31st Angela Walters of <a href="http://www.quiltingismytherapy.com/homepage-test/my-blog/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Quilting is my Therapy</a></div>
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April 1st Rebecca over at <a href="http://craftbuds.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Craft Buds</a></div>
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April 2nd Sara Lawson of <a href="http://www.sewsweetness.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Sew Sweetness</a></div>
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April 6th Janice Zeller Ryan of <a href="http://www.betteroffthread.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Better Off Thread</a></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*The collage is of my photos I posted throughout the month on instagram and I made it using the collect app. If you are on Instagram, come find me there - my username is plumandjune. </span></i>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02201021696156401734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910271254510560111.post-16705044351828069162014-11-20T10:17:00.000-05:002014-11-20T18:52:08.105-05:00Scraps, Inc - Autumn Flight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Have you heard of the Elephant and Piggie books? My 3 year old daughter has several books in that series including one called <i>We are in a Book</i> and while writing this post, I keep thinking of Gerald (the elephant) when he finds out he is in a book - because um, I'm writing this post to let you know that I am in a book! </div>
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The book is called Scraps, Inc and is published by <a href="http://luckyspool.com/" target="_blank">Lucky Spool</a>. The book is all about scrap quilts (my favorite!) and includes designs from 15 designers. There really are so many amazing quilts in the book and the photography is gorgeous! You can see some of the other quilts on Lucky Spool's website by <a href="http://luckyspool.com/collections/books/products/scraps-inc-vol-1" target="_blank">clicking here</a>.</div>
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My contribution is Autumn Flight (shown above) and includes a bit of improv piecing and triangles. When I get the quilt back, I plan on taking lots of photos and I'll write a longer post about the specifics including my process. I did take a few pics before sending it to the publisher but I was so worried about accidentally ruining the quilt while taking the photos that well, you know. . . </div>
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Scraps, Inc was published earlier this month and <a href="http://www.tauntonstore.com/scraps-inc-vol-1-ls0006.html" target="_blank">Lucky Spool</a> is currently offering the book for 30% off until December 1, 2014 at 11:59EST. You can find it at <a href="http://www.tauntonstore.com/scraps-inc-vol-1-ls0006.html" target="_blank">this link</a> - and the code is SCRAPS30. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, this is my entry for the <a href="http://amyscreativeside.com/2014/10/24/bloggers-quilt-festival-mini-quilts-2/" target="_blank">blogger's quilt festival</a>. I really wish I had remembered that the blogger's quilt festival was this month and saved a project or two to post about but - um, well, I didn't. I originally wrote about <a href="http://plumandjune.blogspot.com/2014/10/quilted-applique-pillow.html" target="_blank">this pillow earlier this month</a>. It is basically my most recent try at making something for my couch that I'll hopefully like looking at every day. I've had handmade pillows on my couch since I started sewing but I've never quite made one that fits the aesthetic of my first floor. It is kind of like I wrote about in <a href="http://plumandjune.blogspot.com/2014/08/new-removable-chair-covers.html" target="_blank">the post</a> about why I'm redoing the removable covers for my dining room chairs. Don't get me wrong - I love novelty prints (or are they called conversation fabrics or illustrated fabrics?) and I will continue to use them often especially when making things for my daughters. And I love my pile of patchwork quilts that we use almost every day for keeping us warm but, hmm, I'm not even sure how to explain this to me, let alone write about it. I just haven't yet made anything that "fits" - well, this might be it, at least it feels like it "fits" the October 2014 me. So, while this pillow is not an award winning, wow project - it is my current favorite and that is why I'm using it for my entry this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eventually, I'd like to buy more inserts and have more pillows on my couch but my motivation for this pillow was to replace one I recently made that didn't fit in my living room the way I thought it would. I wanted something really simple and I wanted to only use fabrics from my stash so I pieced together the simple two color background and quilted it heavily with light pink aurifil and then added the half circle applique. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just a side note - I used french seams to piece together the bottom panel which was quick, easy, and worked well and I'll definitely use that technique again when piecing pillow backs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And another side note - the light was so great on my couch when I was taking these photos. I seriously should have taken pics of my kids instead!</span>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02201021696156401734noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910271254510560111.post-40011024079671387032014-10-01T14:31:00.000-04:002014-10-01T14:52:31.981-04:00improv baby quilt turned sewing machine cover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Have I mentioned that I haven't sewed anything since July??? Possibly I've mentioned that in every recent post - ugh! Anyway, this is another little project I made during the summer. I can't remember how I got started or what my original plan was - though, I'm pretty sure that these fabrics all just came from my scrap drawer. What I do know is that I didn't use any batting and that I lightly quilted it to an old(ish) flannel baby blanket and that if I just add some binding and ties, that it is the perfect size to use as a sewing machine cover -- and that covering a sewing machine that isn't getting much use these days is a good idea -- and that I'm now hopeful that I will be sewing again soon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, let's see - the quilts are all freehand cut raw edge applique and I quilted the background before sewing on the applique as I described in the tutorial I wrote recently for my <a href="http://plumandjune.blogspot.com/2014/09/acorn-trail-fox-pillow.html" target="_blank">fox pillow</a>. I made these all within a few days of each other back in July (the last time I sewed!!!) and they are now "displayed" on the walls of my 9 year old's room. Hm, what else . . . my favorites are the more modern ones; my daughter's favorites are the pineapple and the flowers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just wanted to show you this little pillow I made using a new fabric line from Birch Organic. <a href="http://www.birchfabrics.com/Acorn_Trail_p/acorn-trail.htm" target="_blank">Acorn Trail</a> was designed by Teagan White who also designed one of my favorite fabric lines last year, Fort Firefly (see the pillows I made with that <a href="http://plumandjune.blogspot.com/2013/09/fort-firefly-pillows.html" target="_blank">here</a>.)</span></div>
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Have I mentioned that I made a ridiculous number of drawstring bags for my daughters to organize their "stuff" this summer using a fantastic tutorial by <a href="http://sotakhandmade.blogspot.com/2013/05/drawstring-bag-tutorial.html" target="_blank">Svetlana</a>? So, my question is why, when my oldest daughter needed one for school yesterday, did I have to give her one of mine?!?!?! My suspicion is that my two youngest decided to keep these all for themselves - I guess I'll be going on a scavenger hunt later today!Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02201021696156401734noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910271254510560111.post-7081116011356491522014-08-25T20:46:00.001-04:002014-08-25T20:46:25.907-04:00around the world blog hop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hm, is this last photo collage totally bizarre with the two half pics on top of each other?!?! I can't decide what I think.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used fabric from a new line coming soon from </span><a href="http://www.birchfabrics.com/Acorn_Trail_p/acorn-trail.htm" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Birch Organic</a><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. It is Acorn Trail by Teagan White who also designed one of my favorite fabric lines last year - Fort Firefly (</span><a href="http://plumandjune.blogspot.com/2013/09/fort-firefly-pillows.html" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">see the pillows I made with it here</a><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And here are the links to my other geranium dresses: <a href="http://plumandjune.blogspot.com/2014/06/three-more-geraniums-what-should-i-make.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://plumandjune.blogspot.com/2014/05/an-unexpected-geranium.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
<br />Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02201021696156401734noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910271254510560111.post-30158044503229771092014-07-28T23:47:00.003-04:002014-07-28T23:47:46.151-04:00pink pineapple applique<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>And if you look closely, you'll see that I'm actually in one of the photos - that doesn't happen often but I realized that really need to start being in at least a few of our family photos!</i>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02201021696156401734noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910271254510560111.post-50832623916990331242014-07-18T11:13:00.001-04:002014-07-18T11:14:18.545-04:00friday (miscellaneous)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been reorganizing my photos on my computer and realized that I have a few projects that I meant to share but never did. This is a boxy pouch I made when I went to <a href="http://www.sewsouthretreat.com/" target="_blank">Sew South</a> in March! I had thought I would write a blog post specifically about the retreat but. . . you know how it is, right? Anyway, Sew South was wonderful! It was so great to not only meet so many of my blog friends in person (including one of my best blogging friends) but to actually spend the whole weekend with them (and make new friends as well!) Another tidbit about this pouch (made using a leftover piece <a href="http://plumandjune.blogspot.com/2013/12/tree-skirt-tutorial.html" target="_blank">from this</a>) is that it is the first time I used interfacing.</div>
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We were all sent home from Sew South with plenty of quilty swag including these charm packs. And one of these days I'll actually make the quilt that I planned for using these - yes, one of these days.</div>
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My daughters have been baking nonstop this past week. Which is great and um, not so great. After seeing so many baked doughnut recipes, we finally bought a doughnut pan. Does anyone have any good recipes for baked doughnuts to share?</div>
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And we finally were able to grow tomatoes - I think it only took 4 years! Not sure what (if anything) we did different this year but it worked and they are delicious.<br />
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I regularly read a few (not sewing) blogs that provide links on Fridays to random things from around the web that they wanted to share with their readers. I'm not sure if any of you would be interested but here are a few things that I enjoyed this week:<br />
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<a href="http://pinchofyum.com/chopped-thai-salad-sesame-garlic-dressing" target="_blank">This salad from Pinch of Yum</a> (one of my favorite recipe sites) has my family eating and loving kale (well, if you don't count the littlest members of my family.)<br />
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<a href="http://joannagoddard.blogspot.com/2014/07/15-surprising-things-about-parenting-in.html" target="_blank">This series from A Cup of Jo</a> about motherhood around the world. I thought it was fascinating and actually read back through the whole series.<br />
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Hmm, when I started writing this post, I actually thought I had more links to share. Would that be something you would be interested in (my providing random links to sewing and non-sewing things)? It wouldn't be every Friday (and it wouldn't even necessarily be on a Friday) but I'm wondering if I should start keeping a list of things and then when I have a few, write a post - what do you think? Do any of you do that?<br />
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Have a great weekend!Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02201021696156401734noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910271254510560111.post-85233897110299808342014-07-15T22:37:00.000-04:002014-07-15T22:43:46.689-04:00blog hop week #4 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, that went by fast. This is the last week of the 2014 New Quilt Blogger Blog Hop. To see the list of bloggers from previous weeks, <a href="http://plumandjune.blogspot.com/p/2014-blog-hop-for-new-modern-quilters.html" target="_blank">click here</a>. And here is the list of bloggers to visit this week (and remember these bloggers will link you to another set of new quilt bloggers to visit as well!)</div>
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<b>Serena @</b> <a href="http://sewgiving.blogspot.com.au/" style="border: 0px; color: #6611cc; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Sew Giving</a></div>
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<b>Deborah @ </b><a href="http://www.sunshinethroughtherain-deborah.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #6611cc; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Sunshine Through The Rain</a></div>
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<b>Jane @ </b><a href="http://wherejanecreates.blogspot.com.au/" style="border: 0px; color: #6611cc; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Where Jane Creates</a></div>
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<b>Jennifer @ </b><a href="http://quarterinchfromtheedge.blogspot.ca/" style="border: 0px; color: #6611cc; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">A Quarter Inch From The Edge</a></div>
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<b>Carla @ </b><a href="http://grannymaudsgirl.wordpress.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #6611cc; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Granny Maud's Girl</a></div>
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<b>Jenny @ </b><a href="http://jacksroomonline.blogspot.com.au/" style="border: 0px; color: #6611cc; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Jack's Room</a></div>
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<b>Sharon @ </b><a href="http://colorgirlquilts.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #6611cc; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Color Girl Quilts</a><br />
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<b>Carmit @ </b><a href="http://www.quiltingrainbows.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #6611cc; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Quilting Rainbows</a><br />
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<b>Jehn @ </b><a href="http://www.jehnnyandtheboys.blogspot.ca/" style="border: 0px; color: #6611cc; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Jehnny And The Boys</a></div>
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Find more information about Chelsea Michal Designs, Custom Longarm Quilting, by visiting their facebook page (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/chelseamichaldesigns" target="_blank">click here</a>) and you can also follow Chelsea on Instagram (@chelseamichal).<br />
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And until July 31, 2014, Chelsea is offering 10% off your first long arm quilting service done by Chelsea Michal Designs to everyone who mentions "plum and june" when booking.Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02201021696156401734noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910271254510560111.post-38540051458464966742014-07-11T13:08:00.000-04:002014-07-11T13:08:45.457-04:00another pillow and a pillow question<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Not much to say about this pillow. I just really liked the two pillows I made using the oakshott ruby F8th bundle that I <a href="http://plumandjune.blogspot.com/2014/06/oakshott-ruby.html" target="_blank">wrote about a few weeks ago</a> so I wanted to make a few more. For this one, I again used essex yarn-dyed linen and most of the fabrics from the bundle.<br />
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If you squint, you can see that I quilted just a few lines near the seams on each side of the more orange-y fabrics and then I densely quilted the linen. With the exception of a bright pink and a bright aqua, I don't have a wide variety of thread so I used the thread from my stash that matched best but it stands out a bit more than planned - oh, well.<br />
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Here's my question: I wonder if I need to get new cushion inserts because my pillows seem to have lots of extra fabric in the corners. I just keep recovering the same inserts - do you think they are shrinking from use? Admittedly, in real life, I don't even notice this but it really stands out to me in the photos. Still, if you have a solution, I would love to hear it! If it makes a difference to your suggestions, I basically always use the envelope method for the pillows and I do make them about 1" smaller than the insert. And if it seems that a new insert is the answer, then I'll just use the inserts I have now for pillows in my daughters' room - I doubt they'll care!<br />
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<i>If you are looking for the fabric giveaway from Mad about Patchwork and/or the schedule for the new quilt blogger blog hop, <a href="http://plumandjune.blogspot.com/2014/07/blog-hop-week-3-and-fabric-giveaway.html" target="_blank">click here</a>.</i>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02201021696156401734noreply@blogger.com27