Monthly Archives: October 2011

Stash Report 10/30/11

Posted on October 30, 2011 by quiltpaintcreate

Nothing in or out this week.  I passed up a sale at a local quilt shop because of the two hour drive there and back.  A shop much closer to home is having a sale in a few weeks.  I … Continue reading →

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October UFO Finished

Posted on October 29, 2011 by quiltpaintcreate

Look who finished her October UFO!   I’m so excited to have it done this month.  Excited enough that I chose the next UFO I’m going to work on.   This is the quilt I started in the Esterita Austin’s … Continue reading →

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Tactile Architecture Exhibit

Posted on October 26, 2011 by quiltpaintcreate

I’m not going to Quilt Festival in Houston, but I wish I was so I could see this. I could have caught the exhibit in Cincinnati last spring, so shame on me for not going.  It looks like an annual … Continue reading →

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Stash Report 10/23/11

Posted on October 24, 2011 by quiltpaintcreate

No more progress on the raffle blocks, but the top, back and binding amount to a 3.25-yard bust. Fabric Used YTD:  38.5yards Fabric In YTD:  22.75 yards Net Busted:  15.75 yards I spent the whole weekend either traveling to/from or … Continue reading →

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30-Day Trial Update

Posted on October 22, 2011 by quiltpaintcreate

I’m off to my mom’s house today to do more cleaning and turn on the heat.  We had our first frost last night.  The warm weather is officially over now.  We’ll have a few more warm days, but not so … Continue reading →

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October UFO Progress

Posted on October 20, 2011 by quiltpaintcreate

I finished quilting it tonight.  Looking good for finishing it this month.   I decided to go with geometric quilting rather than an allover pattern because I thought it would look better.  I like the texture, but now I wish I … Continue reading →

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More About The Stage Door Pattern

Posted on October 18, 2011 by quiltpaintcreate

I meant to put a link to the pattern in the last post, but I forgot.  You can see the pattern here. After I was thinking how great it would look in batiks, I saw that Keepsake Quilting has a … Continue reading →

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Simple and Quick

Posted on October 15, 2011 by quiltpaintcreate

One of my quilt groups doesn’t meet in the summer and starts its program schedule in September.  With that comes a new set of membership blocks.  This month’s member chose a pattern called Stage Door by Amy Walsh from the … Continue reading →

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October UFO

Posted on October 12, 2011 by quiltpaintcreate

At the beginning of the year I joined a UFO challenge.  I had to list out the UFOs I wanted to finish and number them.  Every month the host picked a number and that’s the UFO everyone worked on.  I … Continue reading →

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Stash Report 10/9/11

Posted on October 9, 2011 by quiltpaintcreate

I’m back from retreat with a few completed projects.  I quilted and bound two baby quilts for 1.25 yards out.    The rest of the weekend I worked on hand stitching the binding on Cobblestones.  I finished almost half of … Continue reading →

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