I've been slightly AWOL. I am trying to get 2 quilts finished for xmas. I am working slowly. I had a problem with my Tin Lizzie again and managed to fix it. The needle up/down button didn't work. family and life got in the way of a few things. I am slowly trying out some kids apps and will be looking at the safety stuff for kids. I have to do that soon as one of the tablets goes to my 9 year old godson.

Android app download sites Free

I am going to add sites that are good for app downloads  and note the ones that are free.
I am still learning my way around those but there are a couple things to know. The free ones have ads that can be a problem. Some are really not noticable but others just suck! Some apps are free on Amazon and not on Google and or just not there. Each app store seems to vary and have specials of free to download for the day...like Amazon does.
My new fav site:
http://www.1mobile.com/  free apps and nice layout for using catagories too

Android device must

This is a bit of info of serious importance to me. Adobe flash player app was pulled from the market. It is needed for tablets and phones and probably installed on some...at the point I redid (erased/wiped) my Kindle Fire, I added a little Mario game app. I could not play it cause I needed the flash player. This is a problem for a lot of people. I managed to download the app from a tech site. It won't be needed on the newest android system from what I read. The Jelly Bean (newest) appears to be capable on its own. This seriously affects video of sorts on these devices.

Emerson E543 Tablet 4.3" Tech Tips

I am just learning my way around in the tablet. The parent company is Southern Telecom http://southerntelecom.com They appear to make tablets for Emerson, Polaroid., Slick, Sharper Image, Bell & Howell, etc.  This info is from the Southern Telecom site and from the next site is a tech site that gave part of the info.
http://www.androidtablets.net/
polaroid 704 appears to be the same as the Emerson
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Emerson E543 tablet website support:
*there is a ? Online Help on the screen in one of the widgets. You need to be online to use it. BUT, you might as well just do it from the computer and go to the site it shows
http://www.southerntelecom.com/emersonsupport/#/emersonsupport/index.html
has the download, updates, user guide, FAQ, Contact,
register
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NOTE: this info, guide, files etc. are for the Emerson E543 tablet 4.3" ONLY

Firmware Installation Guide - EM543
download link is guide to upgrade *NOTE: you do not need to as of Nov.2012 The tablet is current and this is the original restore file guide and file below
http://southerntelecom.com/emersonsupport/firmware/firmware_guide_em543.html
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This is the image file to download for an emergency restore. This is the Android system it shipped with and is NOT an actual update. You should not use this unless ...see the guide
http://www.southerntelecom.com/emersonsupport/firmware/
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This is a connection to the User Guide page:
http://www.southerntelecom.com/emersonsupport/#/emersonsupport/user_guides.html

Emerson Tablet apps

This is the start of a list for what apps work, apps that don't work and games that work. I will add to this as I try apps. I will add a bit of info with them. Apps in red are factory installs. I did consider the factory ones nice.
*I am working on several things for uses the tablet should do. Looking at video/movie and scanning bar codes and will post those
** A bit of importance for kids to use a tablet: there is a nice kids place app that is controlled by the parents and password applied so that they can only get to the stuff deemed safe

 WORK IN PROGRESS HERE:

APPS THAT WORK:
Amazon app store... download apps (may want to use Amazon gift card) NOTE: update ruined mine and I had to redo it to get it to work again. Had a blank screen
FBReader ...BOOKREADER
Coolreader..this is for books to be read to you. It needs help to sound nicer. Use the next app with it.
The Assistant...love this one. It is like Siri. must be online. You can change her appearance.
Evernote...had to be online, sign up to run it first time
Utube...for videos on Utube
OfficeSuite5 ...wants you to register but can use it with register later
FILE manager is an absolute must to search thru the files and the external micro sd card
Androzip for zipped files
Antivirus free... this doesn't bog down the tablets
Accuweather for android

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APPS THAT DON'T WORK:
Google play store ... I do hope that they add this tablet but not working for now.
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GAMES THAT WORK:
Pentas..kind of reverse tetris.

Temple Run...I like it myself. Man running from chimps

Super Androix works ok ..is it a Mario type game but looks like the scubbing bubbles guy

kitten Vs. Zombie *it says based on device hardware ..it selected on screen pad* nice
grundge is only free cat..not bad for a child..or extremely bored grown up

Ugly Bird jump might be nice for child...young child but a ball of string is as exciting

New: The Lost City... cool for an app. It is a point and click type like the old Shadowgate game and is a free app of the day.

Angry birds and Angry Birds Seasons are nice. I like the second one best

*Magic Academy: Hidden Castle is nice and has a Harry Potter feel to it. It is a find an object game

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GAMES THAT DON'T WORK:
Mad Race...seem to need keypad to use it

Emerson Android Tablet

I have to confess that all quilting stopped and I did a 3 day shopping frenzy. It ended well with a surprise purchase I didn't intend to buy. It is my new hot toy. It was a Black Friday special from Big Lots. I went to get an 8" tablet for my neighbor. I didn't even look at the smaller one. I figured it wouldn't be worth having. WRONG!  So, later I told a friend about the small version since she wanted one for a grandchild. We had to drive about an hour to get to a store that still had them. I couldn't believe that they seemed nice. I ended up with a white one. It looks like an Ipod.  I got an micro sd card cheap from Staples Black Friday sale too.
  The trip ended up with a strained friendship. The purchased tablet is terrific. I will do all shopping by myself from this time forward though. I will not go thru that again. I had been enjoying it all including the crowds.
  The Emerson tablet is nicer than the first generation of Kindle Fire. It has awesome features including, a camera/video, microphone, memory card slot, android 4 system, and several handy buttons ( a go back, volume up and volume down) It is a bit bigger than my cell phone and will be extremely convenient to carry everywhere. I took some time to load stuff on it last night. I will have more space to use with my 16gb memory card in it. I am seriously IMPRESSED. I can't say enough nice things. I just hope it lasts. I spent part of today loading apps and playing with it. I am in love with the voice ability. I can talk to it now. That gives it several apps that are amazing to use. I love the "assisstant" app. It is like Siri and I can talk to it. I will be able to make a voice recording and to use voice commands in other apps now. The camera is a handy thing too but not important to me.
I still have a few apps I want to add. I have to admit there is a slight problem with Google not working on it. For whatever reason, Google does not acknowledge it and won't directly let anybody put apps on it from Google play. I have about 5 other app stores I am getting apps from. Amazon works ok with it and I have gotten a couple there. I am making a set of notes for what I have done and how to. The documentation with it is EXCELLENT. All you need to do is READ it. I did that second... since I had been using a Kindle Fire. Would have been better to read it first. I am amazed at it. I already installed utube and watched Missouri quilt co. tutorial video last night.
  I don't have any books on it yet. I did use the connection provided by the manufacturer to go to the app stores that work well with it. These  don't require a credit card be given and have a bunch of free apps too. I did get an audio book or two but finally wanted to stop and put it on charge so I could play with it later. I am checking the battery time on it. I had it online and that is harder on the battery. I feel it is doing ok on the battery and is similar to the Kindle Fire. I think they are a lot less than what the company tries to claim. Yeah, I even loaded a fancy live wallpaper.
  Noteworthy for an Android app users: SlideMe marketplace for apps     * nicely done site LOOK at it.
  Most everything is working well. I had issues with what onscreen keyboard to use in the Kindle Fire and had to change my app to find a more pleasing one. I say this cause I am not really happy iwth the keyboard app. It is a bit large for the size of the screen. I may be able to just say what I want. It covers too much of the area on a website. It is a bit better turned the right way...still gonna look at different keyboard apps. I think the directional stuff is just a tad touchy. It is awefully nice overall.

SPLIT 9 PATCH Nov 19, 2012

I have finally gotten all of the split 9 patch blocks made. I have added and changed what is going in it a couple times. I am very satisfied at this point. Not really happy about the time though. I am sure I could have chosen something quicker. I even like my batik 10 minute block quilt  better.  I watched more tutorials on Missouri quilt company and I think the disappearing 9 patch might be faster and less fuss for seams too.  I watched the Bulls lose 2 nights in a row. That is one reason it is taking so long. I will most likely leave it on hold for a day or 2 for my birthday (Tuesday, Nov,20).
  My split 9 patch quilt is for the donation to the Hurricane Sandy area. I am making it after seeing the info on another quilter/blogger site: http://vesuviusmama.blogspot.com/

These are the 42 blocks laying out to decide on color placement.

Online quilt classes

I have signed up for 2 classes. I am excited about them but haven't gotten to view them yet. I have one from Kim Brunner and one from Angela Walters. More on those later. Everybody seems to love both instructors and I have been thrilled with other online classes I have taken.

Quilts for Sandy victims

I was a bit slow realizing how bad it is in those areas. I have gone thru some of my partial quilts and UFO's and I have a set of blocks ready for a top. I am hoping to use up some of them for a good cause. It is aweful to read about the conditions and lack of heat to so many at this time of year. These are large blocks from the 10 minute block quilt book. I think that 12 blocks with sashing will make a nice size. I will measure and add an outer border if I feel it needs it. This is made from 24 fat quarters. I have leftovers and may use them for the binding also. I have a second set cut that is a dark color set. I think it is colorful and will be nice for somebody.

Bonnie Hunter new mystery quilt

I am paying attention to the posted info on Bonnie Hunter's blog for her new mystery quilt. It is set to start in November. I got a heads up on this from Cindy, a friend, who also quilts. The quilt is 4 colors as best I can tell, It is a purple, lime green, aqua and a grey as a common? color. I don't like grey in almost any quilt I have seen unless it was a red/gray Ohio State quilt. Bonnie says you can use the colors of choice... So, I am not sure what I want to do. I just might use the colors she suggested but a black instead of a grey.

NOV. 5, 2012

Seems I have left my blog unattended. I didn't mean to. I have found so many nice blogs with great info that I just don't know how I could possibly have one that is important, useful, meaningful etc.
 I have discoved all the videos on utube for stitching different all over designs. I am saving them to lists and favorites,  I am impressed by what I have seen so far that is from APQS. I am making a notebook up with drawings to refer back to for the designs.
  I have been out gathering up new "free" downloaded patterns. Somehow, I didn't seem to think I have enough.
  I hadn't been on the blog since the mess with the fish and the aquariums. I have not quilted either.
I did trim the last quilt that I did for a friend. That is a step in the right direction. 

cool new site

Found a cool new blog thru my favorite forum.
http://sewkindofwonderful.blogspot.com/ gotta check that out. I love the Urban nine patch.

Jelly roll strip stars Missouri quilt co.

I am working on my xmas stars made from Jelly rolls. I am making each of the points by sewing the background piece twice, 1/4" apart, cutting between the double row of stitching( forming the point) and making a pinwheel out of it like Bonnie Hunter shows on Quiltville.
1. Did NOT realize that half of these are right hand and half are left handed pinwheels
2. this is cause 1/2 are sewn opposite the other half in order to make stars from strips
3. It will make an equal number of each
4. It should be easy to use in a border or some other project.
5. Sashing and a little work should stop it from being a problem
6. it makes 8 pieces per star and that is 2 pinwheels: one is a left and one is a right

The blocks make an 11" block that may finish at slightly under 10.5 after seams. I am aiming at 6x8 rows for 48 blocks and planning borders.
It takes one strip of the color for each star and a bunch of background fabrics...(*bunch was technical tal talk for I don't know offhand here)
*this means I should have 96 pinwheels and that 48 are lefts and 48 are rights

Flickr

I signed up for the free Flickr and looked at the price for the pro version. Appears that as of now, it is $24.99 per year. The free one is more than what I used on Webshots. I am concerned about the rules for the free one. It includes not being able to download your own photos back if I understood that. It aslo can remove your stuff if there isn't any activity on the account for a certain period of time.

webshots closing

Webshots is closing and has caused very unforutunate trouble for a lot of users. If users are lucky and get the photos back at all, they are stripped of all info including the names. Sad was to try to get or keep customers for their new "Smile" site. I consider it a sick joke that they named it "Smile".
So, I spent a bit of time getting my photos from it. I doubt that they will keep the over 900 posted compaints from users for very long. I expect they will sweep it under the rug soon.

FLIP flap purse SPECIAL NOTES

I am making a  special "flip flap purse" from the pattern by Whistlepig Creek Productions.  http://www.wpcreek.com/
I like the pattern and wanted to use it for the xmas angel fabric but I want the angels to be seen. I am calling it special cause it needs everything turned the right way and I am useing the middle flap as the only flap for the purse. This is to let the angels show on the front.
Every piece needs extra planning to do show the angels upside right and try show them in an effective way. I have photos and some notes to try to document that. It makes it important to make the upper front bag be turned the right way. It makes it important to cut the upper front bag at the top edge of the lower front bag piece instead of the layout for the purse being out of a nondirectional fabric. I have cut the pockets for the hidden front pocket so that the angel shows inside the pocket as the back side of the pocket but I used a solid cream as the piece against the front lower bag.
 FLAP: I am using the  lower flap piece of the middle flap as the purse flap and NOT using the curved flap.
FUSIBLE FLEECE: This is a variation/mistake that turned out to be important to me. I wasn't thinking about the fact that cutting the pieces with the fleece folded gave me a left and right. This worked perfectly for the angel fabric as the main bag cause it gave me left and right flaps and the angels were place on the fabric where it allowed me to use the WOF without really fussy cutting for the bag. The angels show more on the bottom right OR on the bottom left and I have flaps to make that work. The FLEECE looks better for the flap if it is ironed to the outer side of the flap or whatever piece it is. The FLEECE is giving it stability and preventing any looseness or sagging of any of the fabric then.
QUILTING the FLEECE lined flap presented some problems and I love it but the whole fact that I did that was all part of the left/right flap thing. This caused me to quilt it so the fleece is on the under side and the top of the flap would be loose and that is why I wanted it quilted. I also wanted a bit of difference in the purses. The quilting is just straight lines with my sewing machine. It looked nice and then I ironed it. This cause the back side to sort of wrinkle like a washed quilt. The front did NOT wrinkle. I don't really want it wrinkled. If the flap had been done with the fusible fleece on the outer side...I would have had the wrinkles on the top of the flap.
  I am hoping to do a tutorial for the use of such fabrics and this pattern. I have photos of the steps and placement showing directions of the angels. I am not certain the wrinkles show in the top flap but I am tying to note the issues or effects of some of my experience making it. The thickness with the fusible batting is a bit of a problem. I am having a little trouble with that and the machine needs settings changed for it.
  Sewing the fleece strap pieces: glue side is right side and must be together!
* watch for marking and placement of pocket in the lining. The 10.5x11.5 is so similar that I drew the line the wrong way and sewed in one pocket where it would be sideways! I was carried away by trying to have the color and blotches showing the nicest and it was so close to the same size, OOPS, So it pays to pay attention and to use a Frixion pen to mark with.

Whistlepig Creek Productions

I have looked at purse patterns  for a couple years. I found a site I like. I found it after seeing a purse in the LQS that caused me to buy the pattern. I played with making the purse tonight. It is close to done and will need a couple buttons. I considered it confusing cause I was using stripes and fabric with words. I ended up finding out that there is a terrific tutorial on the site for that specific purse and other tutorials for their patterns. I got the flip flap purse. I want more. So, they also have digital downloads of the patterns and you never have to leave home. I like that too. The tutorial showed me everything I could need to ask. I thought I would hate making the strap. It was actually easy. I did have to adjust the pressure on the thick layer to do it.
   I browsed the site and went to the blog and then to the blogs they liked. This took me to a humorous site that seems to have little videos of stupid things people do. I had a few REALLY good laughs there.  Check out favorites on their list and then Moda Lissa.

I have satisfied by taste for quilt shop open house trips. I made 2 to a LQS and 2 trips to another LQS a few days ago. I missed going to Columbus for the one at Red Rooster.
  I am playing with the google programs. I have installed Google talk and Google voice. It took forever to get Google voice to work. My firewall was blocking it. I had to work with the settings in it at least 3 times and finally browse to the file and force the firewall to see that it had permission. I felt like I was beating my head against the wall.
  I sent myself a text from it too. I set up a voice mail account. I still haven't been able to talk computer to computer to my brother but I drained my phone battery twice trying to get it setup and where he could hear me. It appears that one hurdle was the headset and recording ability in my computer. I made a test sound recording and that should be set up.
 I am trying to add a widget to the blog to have voicemail on it too. I think there is a problem with the fact that the programs have been updated and the steps to add/setup/access some of these things are not showing on my blog. I will work on it.
  My quilt shop hop ended up with more xmas fabric! What a surprise. I try to resist. It is what I had intended to work on tonight but did the google voice/google talk instead.

Blogging from kindle fire

Well, I have a new application for my new blog.  Current work is a star quilt.
I have another new app for the weather and I love it. I have always HATED  the weather programs on my computer and refused to have them. The one on my kindle is AWESOME.

quilting boat applique from July 17,2012

July 17, 2012 reposted here on new blog.
I am piecing a quilt from the video on applique by Missouri Quilt company. I thought it was going good and fast at first. Now, I feel like I have spent way too much time on it. It is larger than the one they demonstrate on. I cut all the heat and bond going the wrong direction for the sails and boats. I wasn’t totally satisfied with the fabric I chose. I decided that I would make a different set of fabric for boats and sails. I just wasn’t paying attention. This is the 3 strips of the quilt with the first choice fabrics of boats and sails placed on it.

layout of the brick area of blue and the boat area

webshots page

my webshots http://community.webshots.com/user/dspie?vhost=community

Quilting from July 12, 2012

quilting

July 12,2012
I have another purple strip quilt started and can’t find the butterfly templates I made for the first one. I guess I should be doing a better job with the drawings and templates. I can draw some more. I would have to do better if I were in business. I completed one of the nicest works I have done recently. I did hand guided crosshatch on a satin baby angel wing quilt. I was at least pleased with how good I did the ruler work. I had another quilt loaded that is the absolute first of perfect seams for my piecing (hate to admit it)
post from months ago…
I feel like I spent a small fortune to get fabrics for a couple of projects. I got several Moda Fruitcake fabrics to go with a layer cake I have had at least a year. I am planning 2 quilts from all the Fruitcake fabric. I am planning a 10 minute block quilt from the layer cake.
I purchased a jelly roll of Moda 3 Sisters “Grace” and border fabrics. I spent a couple hours 2 different days at the quilt shop gathering fabrics.
I purchased another set starting with the jelly roll of Blackbird designs “Wild Rose”. I purchased fabrics for a set of 3 as the border. I scrounged thru the Moda bake shop site and found a terrific free pattern for a quilt using “wild rose” fabrics. http://www.modabakeshop.com/2010/12/wild-rose-postage-stamp-quilt.html I don’t think I want to make it but I sure love the one there. I saw a lot of inspirational quilts on the flickr site and info from the quilts that they were patterns from Moda bake shop. I made sure I saved the files to have the instructions.
Last but not least here is my jelly roll of April Cornell “decadent victorian” I have 2 yards of fabric for a border but still seriously want a dark purple. The whole idea was to make the quilt in the strip quilt book that featured the fabric but I was so inexperienced about the designer fabrics, I had no idea the fabric was mostly sold out.

my notes

This is my todo list setting up and adding to my blog.
connections to fabric dying articles
connection to the printer info for photo quilts/printing on fabric/
camera info
Connections and shortcut buttons to add to blog.
recipe pdf of 1925 chocolate

Favorite sites

Hello, I have tons of favorite sites for all sorts of subjects but I am keeping it to quilting here.
My favorite is the longarm forum I belong to. There are tons of inspirational people sharing and helping each other on the forum. http://mqresource.com/forum/index.php?app=ccs
My favorite quick, free, warm and exciting quilting video site http://www.missouriquiltco.com/ click the “tutorials” link for video.
http://quiltbug.com/Articles/bubble-jet-set.htm *this site had stain removal site and tons of other tips/freebies great info
fabric search engine (utmost must have) http://www.quiltshops.com/search.htm
http://www.cjenkinscompany.com/Choosing_The_Right_Printer_s/21.htm for photo on fabric
http://www.quilthistory.com/stain.htm stain removal guide
Leslie and Curt Allen quilt business and soon to be shop owners http://finishingtouchesquiltingstudio.com/default.aspx
Karen McTavish http://www.designerquilts.com/ Instructor/quilter…Awesome!
Rebecca for some awesome work http://www.blog.rebeccasegura.com/
Renae Haddadin *quilt instructor http://www.renaequilts.com/
Jamie Whallen * quilt instructor http://www.jamiewallen.citymax.com/home.html

NOTE: this is from my old blog on wordpress. I am tyring not to lose the info there.

crazy quilting

March 19, 2012 I’m still toying with the idea of making a crazy quilt. I had the opportunity to watch 2 of the free shows on crazy quilting from The Quilt Show yesterday. I signed up to do this without a clue of what should go into this type of quilt. I have looked at and studied some of the techniques etc and almost decided I can’t do justice to it right now. I thought it was extremely interesting watching Susan Schrempf use the sewing machine to do silk ribbon embroidery. She does a cool job with it. I hope that everybody else can mananage to make theirs. I am not sure I will. I have so many that I want to do and the other shows I watched caused an even bigger problem. I want to make a Kaleidoscope quilt!
Feb. 10, 2012 and I haven’t started my crazy quilt yet. I have a bunch of new info from a really nice lady who gave me encouragement and info. I asked a slew of questions and got a list of sources and tips. I am just sucked into some of the quilts I already needed done. I will make an effort to get a block done with month.
I am including a link here to the blog site for the crazy quilt journal project. The registration for it ends Dec. 27, 2011 but the project is a year long activity. http://www.cqjp2012.blogspot.com/
http://www.kittyandmedesigns.com/ from tutorials on stitches to dying silk ribbons.
This looks like a MUST have site list:
http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/page/tutorials-1
I have no experience at crazy quilting but may make one. I have some fabrics and ideas for that type of quilt. I am sure I had a booklet on it years ago. I am gonna give a try anyway. I want some crushed velvet in mine.
I have 2 books from the 1990′s for silk ribbon embroidery which is one of the things I dabbled in back then. I have been researching the crazy quilts history. I was astounded at the stitchwork done by the ladies of the 1890′s. I found a lot of short videos on utube. I don’t really want to just use the sewing machine with fancy stitched on mine. There is a nice utube video to start with a 5 sided piece stitched onto a muslin block and how to add the other pieces around it.
*NEW interesting site for supplies: http://www.crazyquiltsilk.com/ they have silk kits! The site was down for the holidays when I found them but I saved it to look at supplies. They open back up Jan. 2. Check it out!
I am going to have to order supplies online. Our local stores phased out silk ribbon and Michaels Crafts closed here. It appears there are considerable silk ribbons on ebay. I also located silk ribbon supplies here:
http://www.silkribbon.com/category_23/YLI-Ribbon-Connections-Silk-Embroidery-Ribbon.htm
I see that it is mostly done with size 3mm,7mm, and 13mm. I want lace and beadwork too. I just got some small spools of cotton lace and I am looking for mother of pearl beads.

I am working on drawing out designs and plans for a star quilt. It is larger than my little 36" quilts. I have some drawings on freezer paper so it is large enough for the triangles. The problem is saving it that size. I may draw it small scale and scan into the computer.

patriotic star lap quilt

I have been getting back into quilting after replacing the tension spring on the longarm. I did around 9 small quilts and 7 have already been sent to a nursing home. I made some easy star quilts. I have several that were pastels and I did a patriotic one. I have 2 more strip quilts and the applique flower quilt that I am considering for the nursing home. I actually put bindings on 2 quilts last night. I am hoping to get binding on another one tonight. I had thread issues and was shocked since it acted like the new spring was bad. I do believe that most of it was a wad of lint in the bobbin case spring. I am hoping the issue is resolved. I wouldn't have thought the lint could have been in there like it was.
This is a 36" lap quilt with polyester batting.

Applique flowers quilted

I have the applique flower quilt completed and the binding on it. I am a bit concerned about a few of the petals not having the stitching on the edges good enough. I learned  many things doing this. I took out the stitching in the center of the petals that I had done that to. I didn't like it and it didn't look good on the front or back. It stopped the design from looking nice on the back. The stitching around the stems looks too wobbly on the back. It didn't really look as bad on the front. I got in a hurry and learned how bad that can be. I didn't stitch the outer circle around the center of the flowers in the dark pink area and it leaves it looking stupid on the back. I did the crosshatch in the center but not completing the outer edge as I went. I did all the outlining OUTSIDE the piecing and on this one, on mine, I would do it in the piecing. It will make the back look nice and it will anchor it down. The zigzag stitching that I used to apply the pieces is not enough in my opinion with the methods I used. There is only wash out glue in most of this and no fusible product. I would not feel the need to do that on the fusible. I don't have the lighting the way I want it here but I have so many other projects that I don't have any photos or notes for that I am gonna consider this acceptable. I have a Pellon batting 80/20 and it stitched like a dream. I don't have it washed yet and I think it will be nicer.

Bunny baby quilt

This is a panel that is called "Land of Milk and Honey" It is out of print and from my stash. I used cotton warm and natural batting and a pastel polka dot back with a matching stripe as the binding. It has simple scrolls on it in the main body of the panel. I did hearts in the green/white fake inner border and scroll in the fake outer border. This was requested to be completely neutral, pastel, and lightweight since it is going to California.

Raw edge applique

I have an experiement with Elmer's school glue, Elmer's purple glue, and Liquid Stitch glue. I am trying it instead of any of the products like Heat n Bond lite. I used that stuff on other things and am not truly happy with it. I stitched a narrow zigzag stitch around each area after gluing. My flowers and leaves are batiks and the background is a purple flannel. I wasn't sure it was a good idea to use the flannel but I wanted it to be very comfy. I will post more after it is stitched and washed.
           Before washing:

Wednesday Aug 9,2012 pastel lap quilt

I am making another of the lap quilts for the nursing home. It will be the 9th one. I'm having some issues with the tension and the check spring was replaced recently. I think it will take me a little while to get used to the difference with a new spring instead of a worn out one. I have made all of these after the change. Most of them have poly batting. Sorry about the design marks. I used orange crayon and won't be doing that again. Orange didn't want to wash out. The washable crayons have been great till that one.

  Since I just started the blog here, I will back track a bit. I made several 36" lap quilts that are for wheelchairs. I made a couple in pastel shades, a black and white, and a patriotic. I moved all the blocks on one that would have been a star and formed a diagonal design instead. I am hoping to do a small tutorial on the star quilt and include fabric amounts etc. I am pleased with the small amount of time and the backing for them as a quick small useful gift.

Hey, I just set up Google drive! I have 5gb of free space and can access my
documents on it with the Kindle Fire after I install the app on it. I am hoping to
use it for quilting. I should be able to access any of the quilt documents on it
without having them on the kindle. Of course, that is assuming it is a wifi place.
FROWN FACE HERE! I guess I didn't think it thru well. most quilt shops are not
wifi places.

blogging

Well, blogging might be fun now! I don't seem to have a way to put in a smiley face. That would have been nice but I will check on it.

Sept.3 2012
 I am starting a new blog to replace the one on wordpress. I liked it at first but they immediately changed it and I was disgusted. I am hoping that I can post articles and photos here without the same issues.