Life Happens
People who have been reading my blog for a while know that my dad passed away the end of April. I was totally immersed in dealing with "The Shirt Project" for the two months following his death. "The Shirt Project" was the remaking of about twenty of his old L.L....
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Motoring On
Hi everyone! I'm back from our little trip. The trip was a great time to engage other artists about their work. I was able to attend the Okotoks, Alberta spinning drop in and take my knitting. It was interesting talking to the ladies and I was able to wind my next...
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Weekly Review – Update
This past week I've been busy listing items for sale online, and selling them. I spent too much time this week sorting LEGO for sale. LOL Also listing furniture and selling it. We'll gradually get this house cleared out! I had no idea we had so much stuff packed...
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The Shirt Project – DONE?!
Wednesday evening I finished off the fourth and final quilt of The Shirt Project. Those who recall the origins of the project know that my goal was to make about 30 items from Dad's old L.L. Bean shirts for descendants of my father who wanted them. To see the...
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The Shirt Project – Almost There!
I've been working off and on, between company, on Dad's L.L. Bean shirt project. I finished the third moose and flying geese quilt and am onto the fourth quilt - a puppy quilt. The puppy fabric arrived in the mail Tuesday. It is Woof-Woof-Meow from Moda. I...
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The Shirt Project – Quilts
I was lamenting I might have to buy cotton yardage for the binding for these L.L. Bean shirt quilts, and then thought about it and asked myself "Why?". Surely I or one of my friends would have something I could use! Before going to my friends I decided I needed to...
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Quilting Along
The Shirt Project continues! I've moved on to designing quilts from Dad's old L.L. Bean shirts and quilting this week. I started out trying to keep it simple, so it would go quickly and look good - a simple 4.5" square quilt with stitch-in-the-ditch quilting. When I...
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The Shirt Project
I've now taken to referring to all this sewing and quilting of Dad's old L.L. Bean shirts to "The Shirt Project". I finished the moose wall hangings Sunday evening. So far I am a week ahead of my overall schedule for sewing items. That is good because the quilts...
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Weekly Review – Let it Rain!
Hi folks! It's been raining off and on this week. We badly need it. I am happy to see it. I had a great time at the Cathedral Village Arts Festival Street Fair this year. Found some friends selling their wares and chatted them up a bit. I hope they did well. This...
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Weekly Review – Inspiration and Progress
Hi everyone! I've been busy this week. It is the annual Cathedral Village Arts Festival. Hubby and I have enjoyed some of the performances and plan to go to more. So far this week we've seen the Mandolin Orchestra, a jazz band, a ladies choral group (Sisters of...
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L.L. Bean fabric rocks!
Okay, so mostly I've been sick with a cold this week. But I did get some serious sewing done using Dad's old L.L. Bean shirts. I have to say the fabric quality is excellent. Some of it is very fine cotton, but it still looks good and, backed with leftover quilt...
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Weekly Review
I have been absent for some time online. My father passed away recently. He was known for his bright and lively L.L. Bean shirts. I was given (at my request) nineteen of them. My goal is to make something for each descendant who wants something. Right now that...
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