tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349765442024-03-13T00:18:46.024-07:00Lady HarvatineLiz Harvatinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18316044651054050944noreply@blogger.comBlogger220125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34976544.post-37228039940413565542015-01-19T14:39:00.000-08:002015-01-19T14:39:41.501-08:00LAMQG BOM 2015 - JanuaryWe at the LAMQG decided to do a block of the month series for 2015 and I took the reigns on the very first block. I call it...<br />
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...the JANUARY Block! Ooh, ahhh, I know you're blown away by my naming creativity right now.<br />
This block is made using templates and for all of you who are curve-phobic, I can assure you, it's much easier than it looks. These curves are all nice and gentle which makes them easy to put together. You can do it!<br />
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The patterns for these blocks will be sent to members of the LAMQG in our monthly newsletter but I've got good news for all of you non-members! My block pattern will be for sale in my shop for anyone else who wants it! Even better news, since the pattern is just for a block and doesn't include instructions for a finished quilt it's available for half the price of my regular patterns!<br />
If you're interested, head on over to the <a href="http://ladyharvatine.bigcartel.com/">Lady Harvatine Shop</a>!<br />
If you want to keep an eye out for cuter BOM patterns, follow @lamqg on Instagram. I don't know if all of the blocks will be available to non-members, that will be left up to each designer, but they will make for some great eye candy either way!<br />
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I use a lot of solids in my quilting and choosing a color palette <i>might</i> be my favorite part of designing so of course I'm a huge fan of Robert Kaufman's Kona Cottons. Did you know they're up to 303 different colors now? That's pretty tough to beat.</div>
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I was so honored when I was asked if my <a href="http://ladyharvatine.bigcartel.com/product/wakefield">Wakefield quilt</a> design (<a href="http://ladyharvatine.bigcartel.com/">PDF now available in my shop</a>!) could be part of the Kona 30th anniversary celebration. Robert Kaufman put together a look book called 30 Quilts for 30 Years which features beautiful designs from 30 incredible quilters. You can check out all of the other amazing quilts in the <a href="http://www.robertkaufman.com/release/october2014/kona-cotton-30quilts-30years/#lookbook">look book here</a>. The Wakefield quilt is a perfect match for Konas. It's simple and graphic and a great way to highlight a bold color palette.</div>
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This pattern was originally created when I needed two quilts for the soon-to-be-born twin daughters of a good friend. She had jokingly referred to her babies as Jessica and Elizabeth, the Wakefield twins from the Sweet Valley High book series. The pattern could only be named after the twins and Wakefield was a perfect fit.</div>
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All of the other quilts in the look book are fabulous but if I had to pick a fave it would have to be the beauty by my pal and fellow LAMQGer <a href="http://www.thequiltengineer.com/">Latifah Saafir</a>.</div>
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Isn't it wonderful? Latifah always uses color in such unexpected ways.</div>
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Now, who's up for a giveaway? Leave a comment on this post in the next 24 hours and you could win a copy of my Wakefield pattern and a charm pack of the new 2014 Kona colors! If you haven't seen them in person let me tell you, not only are they gorgeous colors but they also look incredible together! (International entries are a-ok!)</div>
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For more chances to win and to see LOTS more eye candy, check out all of the other stops on the blog hop!</div>
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<strong>Week 1:</strong>
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Saturday, November 1st: <a href="http://www.johannamaskoquilts.blogspot.ca/">Johanna Masko</a>
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Sunday, November 2nd: Alyssa of <a href="http://pileofabric.com/blogs/modern-quilting">Aria Lane</a>
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Monday, November 3rd: Dorie of <a href="http://www.tumblingblocks.net/blog/">Tumblingblocks</a>
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Tuesday, November 4th: Megan of <a href="http://www.canoeridgecreations.com/">Canoe Ridge Creations</a>
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Wednesday, November 5th: Daniela of <a href="http://cozychatter.wordpress.com/">Cozy Quilt Designs</a>
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Thursday, November 6th: Faith of <a href="http://www.freshlemonsquilts.com/">Fresh Lemons Quilts</a>
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Friday, November 7th: <a href="http://www.makeitsimpler.com/">Anita Grossman Solomon</a>
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Saturday, November 8th: Debbie of <a href="http://www.eschhousequilts.com/">Esch House Quilts</a>
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Sunday, November 9th: Alex of <a href="http://www.teaginnydesigns.blogspot.com/">Teaginny</a>
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Monday, November 10th: <a href="http://www.swatchandstitch.com/">Darlene Zimmerman</a>
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Tuesday, November 11th: <a href="http://www.auribuzz.wordpress.com/">Nichole Ramirez</a>
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Wednesday, November 12th: Rita Hodge of <a href="http://www.redpepperquilts.com/">Red Pepper Quilts</a>
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Thursday, November 13th: Lee of <a href="http://www.freshlypieced.com/">Freshly Pieced</a>
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Friday, November 14th: Julie of <a href="http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/">Jaybird Quilts</a>
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Saturday, November 15th: Latifah of <a href="http://www.thequiltengineer.com/">The Quilt Engineer</a>
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<strong>Week 3:</strong>
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Sunday. November 16th: <a href="http://www.ohfransson.com/">Elizabeth Hartman</a>
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Monday, November 17th: Erica of <a href="http://www.kitchentablequilting.blogspot.com/">Kitchen Table Quilting</a>
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Tuesday, November 18th: Karrie of <a href="http://www.freckledwhimsy.com/">Freckled Whimsy</a>
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Wednesday, November 19th: <a href="http://www.valoriwells.com/blog/">Valori Wells</a>
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Thursday, November 20th: Marilyn of <a href="http://www.quiltmoments.com/">Quilt Moments</a>
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Friday, November 21st: <a href="http://cortneyheimerl.com/">Cortney Heimerl</a>
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Saturday, November 22nd: Shayla and Kristy of <a href="http://sassafras-lane.com/blogs/news">Sassafras Lane Designs</a>
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<strong>Week 4:</strong>
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Sunday, November 23rd: Shea of <a href="http://www.emptybobbinsewing.com/">Empty Bobbin Sewing</a>
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Monday, November 24th: <a href="http://carriestrine.com/blog/">Carrie Strine</a>
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Tuesday, November 25th: Rachel of <a href="http://www.stitchedincolor.com/">Stitched in Color</a>
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Wednesday, November 26th: Liz of <a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/">Lady Harvatine</a>
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Saturday, November 29th: <a href="http://carolynfriedlander.com/blog/">Carolyn Friedlander</a>
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<strong>Week 5:</strong>
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Sunday, November 30th: Elizabeth of <a href="http://www.dontcallmebetsy.com/">Don’t Call Me Betsy</a>
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Monday, December 1st: Emily of <a href="http://carolinapatchworks.com/">Carolina Patchworks</a>
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Tuesday, December 2nd: <a href="http://www.swatchandstitch.com/">Ken Kaufman</a>
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Wednesday, December 3rd: <a href="http://www.swatchandstitch.com/">Grand Finale! </a>
Liz Harvatinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18316044651054050944noreply@blogger.com70tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34976544.post-13018671531748086712014-05-28T13:18:00.001-07:002014-05-28T19:07:11.425-07:00Anna Lap Quilt - New Pattern!Like every nine year old girl in the US (and possibly the world), I have been digging the movie Frozen, ever since we took Ginny to see it last fall. I love the music, I love the animation and man, do I love the costumes! The dress that Anna wears to the coronation seemed ripe for transforming into a quilt. Ta-da! The Anna Lap Quilt.<br />
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This quilt is made with Robert Kaufman Kona cottons and it's my first paper pieced pattern. The pattern includes a list of all the Kona colors I used. If you've never paper pieced before don't be scared off! It's an easy way to do more intricate piecing and as you're sewing directly on printed paper foundations being precise is a cinch. I've included basic paper piecing instructions in the pattern. <br />
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The pdf pattern is now available in <a href="http://ladyharvatine.bigcartel.com/product/anna-lap-quilt-pdf-pattern">my shop</a>!Liz Harvatinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18316044651054050944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34976544.post-74394144703474022702013-11-03T21:28:00.000-08:002013-11-04T07:40:59.552-08:00Happy Halloween!Here's where I show you a million pictures of my cute kids.<br>
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Ginny wanted to be Pink Minnie but when we were looking through the pattern book for a suitable Minnie dress she saw the pattern for this:</div>
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"You don't want to be Pink Minnie?"</div>
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"I wear dat dess."</div>
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Ginny is more than happy for me to sew during the day if I am making something for her. I told her I would try to finish it after she went to bed and we woke to her crying the next day, trying to get into my sewing room and yelling "I want my dess! I want my dess!" Needless to say, she's wanted to wear it everyday since. </div>
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The crown was already in her daily dress-up rotation. In fact, I did a little tutorial for it on Instagram a couple of months ago. You can find it with the hashtag <a href="http://web.stagram.com/tag/easydressupcrown/?vm=grid">#easydressupcrown</a>. (While you're at it, follow me, <a href="http://instagram.com/ladyharvatine">@ladyharvatine</a>! There's a lot more sewing and a LOT more baby pics there then there are here these days!)<br>
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Ginny loved trick-or-treating. Teddy was happy to go along for the ride and was asleep by the time we got home. Gin proceeded to sample a little bit of a lot of candy. As you can see she really lived it up.<br>
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Harv already owned all of his costume. <br>
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And last (maybe least?), I was Kid Sister in white overalls and a white visor that I found at the thrift store and dyed pink. I was surprised by how many people remembered My Buddy but had never heard of Kid Sister! <br>
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Though we never had either, they definitely have equal billing in my memory (as do their jingles).<br>
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A disparate group for sure. Maybe next year we'll do a family costume but I have a feeling if we do it will have to revolve around Gin's whims. She's a pretty opinionated little girl.</div>
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Here it is! My finished Log Pyramid baby quilt. Soon it will be off to live with a sweet little newborn girl.</div>
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It's quite different from <a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/02/quiltcon-here-we-come.html">my original</a> which used mostly solids. The key to using mostly prints like this is to keep any similarly colored and similarly scaled prints from being right next to each other. I kind of blew it on one pyramid. Can you spot it? The center triangle is a little too hard to distinguish from the row around it.</div>
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Now who wants to gaze upon my lovely points? By carefully trimming and lining up your pieces you too can have pretty points. You have the power! </div>
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And here's my crazy, scrappy back. I do get satisfaction from making my backings out of leftovers from the top. Waste not, want not, use every part of the buffalo, etc. </div>
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First you need to cut your binding. The strips should be 6.25" wide by the width of your fabric. Not sure how to calculate how many strips you need? Figure out the perimeter of your quilt by adding the width to the height and multiplying that number by two. Add twelve (to give yourself some wiggle room) and then divide by 40. You'll probably get a decimal so round your answer up to the next whole number. That is the number of strips you need.</div>
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Cut your strips, sew them together end to end, right sides facing and press your seams open. Press the entire length of binding in half, wrong sides together as in the photo below.</div>
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Now you need to trim your quilt edges. On the top and bottom edges <i>do not trim at the edge of the quilt top</i>. This is very very important. If you do, the tips of your pyramids will all be lopped off and you will be sad. Instead, trim 3/4" from the edge of the quilt top.</div>
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For the left and right sides of the quilt you can trim like normal, along the edges of the quilt top. This is because we took the extra wide binding into account when we made our side blocks. They've got and extra 3/4" of padding that can be covered up without deforming any pyramids.</div>
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Since I don't want to bury the lede, I will be back on Monday with a whole mess of beauty shots of my finished quilt.</div>
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And you can share your progress in the Flickr group, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/logpyramids/" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">here</a>!</div>
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Liz Harvatinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18316044651054050944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34976544.post-42616592932165707772013-06-07T15:10:00.000-07:002013-06-07T15:10:34.184-07:00Guess WhatHi internet, can you tell I've been busy?<br />
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Little Teddy was born last Monday, at home like his big sister. Mommy and baby are doing very well. This guy is quite a bit easier than his sister was, so far at least. Here's hoping he can keep it up and let mommy get some sewing done this summer!<br />
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<i>I sincerely apologize for dropping the ball on the final installment of the Log Pyramid Quilt Along. The binding post will be coming very soon!</i>Liz Harvatinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18316044651054050944noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34976544.post-70254613316022794472013-05-02T11:07:00.000-07:002013-07-02T16:31:07.309-07:00Log Pyramid Quilt Along: Quilting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ok, I lied. I'm going to break the ending up into two posts. So today we'll quilt and next Wednesday we'll bind and be done!</div>
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To start, pick a point where six pyramids meet, somewhere in the middle of your quilt. With a walking foot, you're going to quilt one third of this intersection. Use the edge of your foot and the seam as a guide. The line below indicates where I started quilting. I followed the seam down from the top right corner until I reached the seam at the center of this third. With the needle down, lift your presser foot and rotate the quilt to follow the next leg. </div>
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Now you can go back to where you started and use your first line of quilting as a guide and fill in the rest of this "third". <br />
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When you reach an area where your quilting line is close to another seam, you can use that as an opportunity to straighten your quilting. You're going to get off a little bit, that's okay. You'll have lots of chances to gradually straighten things out.</div>
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After you finish that entire section you can move on to the other two, like so:<br />
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When all three sections are complete I choose to stitch in the ditch just on those three legs that you used as your initial guides. It won't make much of a difference on the front of the quilt it will keep you from having a gap in the quilting when you look at the back.<br />
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We're in the home stretch! Remember, if you're making your own log pyramid quilt, add photos to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/logpyramids/">Flickr group</a>! It is currently very sad and underpopulated and it needs you!</div>
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My typical approach to making quilt backs is to use what I have, preferably leftover from the quilt top, to just get it done. I don't like waste and I'm also usually pretty anxious to get a quilt finished by the time I get to the back. After finishing this quilt I was left with a pile of unused strips of various lengths. I sorted them by length and sewed each group together then trimmed.</div>
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I ended up with the pieced sections you see below. I then laid them out on my design wall to then figure out what size pieces I needed to fill in the gaps. You can see that I pinned two tape measures to the wall to indicate how tall the back needed to be (the width of the wall was the same as the width I needed for the back). You could do the same thing with masking tape or painter's tape.<br />
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***IMPORTANT*** In addition to the extra height and width you would normally add to a quilt back (typically two inches greater than the quilt top on all sides) you need to add another two inches to the height. This is to allow for the extra wide binding without covering up a big chunk of your pyramids.<br />
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To fill in the blank spaces, measure the hole you want to fill and add seam allowance. Add fabric to the smaller sections and as they get bigger, sew the larger pieces together like a puzzle. I added the top left square first, then sewed the two pieces on either side of the top right strips, then did the same with the bottom left strips. After the below photo was taken, I added a strip between the two pieces on the left and could then sew it to the long strip down the middle. Just remember not to sew anything together that is only a partial seam.<br />
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And here it is all filled in. I used all fabric that I had left over from the top. <br />
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And you can share your progress in the Flickr group, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/logpyramids/" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">here</a>!</div>
<br />Liz Harvatinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18316044651054050944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34976544.post-76300152827473217252013-04-25T10:10:00.001-07:002013-07-02T16:31:48.146-07:00Log Pyramid Quilt Along: Making the Quilt Top<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<i>Before we get to the stitching I wanted to let you know there's now an official Log Pyramid Quilt Along Flickr group! <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/logpyramids/">Find it here and share what you're making!</a></i></div>
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Behold, the finished blocks:</div>
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Now comes the easy part, sewing the blocks together. Starting with the top row, you can see in the photo below I've already sewn the first two blocks together.</div>
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I then grab the next in line off the wall and lay them out side by side to make sure it's oriented correctly.<br />
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Then flip the new block over onto the old one. Because of the handy little blunt corners on the template, you don't have to worry about lining the blocks up correctly. The top corner of the new block should line up with the top edge of the row exactly.<br />
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And the bottom two corners match up as well.<br />
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Remember to press your seams open after each new one! Here are all of my rows sewn together:<br />
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To sew the rows together you just need to take a little peek to make sure your points line up.<br />
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It's a good idea to put a pin at each point. Remember that you're working with fabric and it's okay if things aren't exactly even. Just pin all of your triangle points and don't be afraid to give a little tug when you're sewing to even things out.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">You can find the rest of the quilt along at the following links:</span></div>
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And you can share your progress in the Flickr group, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/logpyramids/" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">here</a>!</div>
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<i>*First, an apology: this post was supposed to go up yesterday but I dropped the ball. I don't think anyone was chomping at the bit with all of their finished full blocks so I hope you'll forgive me!*</i></div>
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So, you've finished your full blocks and you've got something that looks like this:</div>
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Right? Let's say yes. You may recall the incoherent rambling in <a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/04/log-pyramid-quilt-along-cutting-your.html">this post</a> about calculating the number of half triangles to cut for the centers of your half blocks. If I completely lost you on that, just lay your full blocks out on the floor or a design wall and take a look at what you'll need. For this arrangement (odd number of rows with an even number of blocks in each) I need 4 left halves and two right halves. That is because with an even number of pyramids in a row, the half blocks at either end of any row are the same, one is just rotated upside down.<br />
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As I said before, use larger triangles, rather than smaller for the center of the side pyramids. This is because an inch of the edge will get eaten up by the extra wide binding and you don't want all or most of the center to be hidden. <br />
If you haven't done so already, cut your centers in half, parallel with the grain of the fabric.<br />
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Just like with the full blocks, sew strips to the sides of the centers, pressing seams open after each strip is added. The differences are that this time you are only sewing to two sides of the triangle <i>and </i>you have to make sure the strip on the top (the longer side) extends extra far so that it will meet the edge of the center (see the extra long pointy bits at the top of each block above). As you're sewing, trim the strips in line with that center edge.<br />
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Like before, it is handy to keep your template by your work space so you can check with each addition if your block is big enough. The edge of the block should be lined up with the red line on the template, which is an inch to the side of the center. Flip the template over to check blocks that oriented the other way.<br />
When your block is big enough (as above) trim the bottom as usual and the angled side just to but not beyond the tip of the template.<br />
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Cut the blunt tip of the top of the template, remove the template and extend the cut using a regular acrylic ruler. Your block will look like the one above.<br />
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Et voila! All of my blocks finished. You can see all of the lopped off tips on the side blocks. They will all be covered by the binding.<br />
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And you can share your progress in the Flickr group, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/logpyramids/" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">here</a>!</div>
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Start with one of your triangle centers and choose a strip to use for your first round of logs. Sew the strip to one side of the center, right sides together but before you do make sure that the strip extends far enough on either edge. Do not line the edge of the strip up with the tip of the triangle. In the photo below the black lines show where the strip needs to extend beyond.</div>
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Continue with a second, third and maybe fourth round until your block is at least slightly larger than your template. For the larger, outer rounds you will obviously need longer pieces than for the inner rounds. I would piece strips together, end to end to make them long enough before I would go back and cut another strip but if the piecing bothers you, by all means cut more.<br />
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HOT TIP: Keep your template next to your machine so you can check your progress as you add rounds. I did not do this with the block below. I ended up with a pyramid that was <i>not quite</i> at the edges of the template.<br />
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If this happens to you I recommend trimming the edges of the triangle (you can use your normal acrylic ruler lined up with the inner seams) and <i>then </i>adding a final round.<br />
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When your block is large enough, lay your template on top and center it, using the black guides. Each line should pass through the corners of each round of triangles like the photo below.<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">HOT TIP part </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">deux: Because you have to press each and every seam before you add another log, I highly recommend that you assembly line this mother. Start with a stack of centers, sew the first strip onto each, press open, trim and repeat. Resist the temptation to finger press and add another strip the way you might do with a tradition log cabin block. It will be very hard to keep your edges straight with this method.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">You can find the rest of the quilt along at the following links:</span></div>
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<li style="background-color: white; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/04/log-pyramid-quilt-along-fabric-and.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Friday, April 12 - Fabric and supplies</a></li>
<li style="background-color: white; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/04/log-pyramid-quilt-along-making-your.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Monday, April 15 - Making your template</a></li>
<li style="background-color: white; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/04/log-pyramid-quilt-along-cutting-your.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Tuesday, April 16 - Cutting your fabric</a></li>
<li style="background-color: white; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/04/log-pyramid-quilt-along-piecing-main.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Thursday, April 18 - Piecing the main blocks</a></li>
<li style="background-color: white; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/04/log-pyramid-quilt-along-piecing-side.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Tuesday, April 23 - Piecing the side blocks</a></li>
<li style="background-color: white; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/04/log-pyramid-quilt-along-making-quilt-top.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Thursday, April 25 - Making the quilt top</a></li>
<li style="background-color: white; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/04/log-pyramid-quilt-along-making-quilt.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Tuesday, April 30 - Making the quilt back</a></li>
<li style="background-color: white; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/05/log-pyramid-quilt-along-quilting.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Thursday, May 2 - Quilting</a></li>
<li style="background-color: white; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/06/log-pyramid-quilt-along-binding.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Friday, June 28 - Binding</a></li>
<li style="background-color: white; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/07/log-pyramid-quilt-along-glamour-shots.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Monday, July 1 - The End!</a></li>
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And you can share your progress in the Flickr group, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/logpyramids/" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">here</a>!</div>
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First, the center triangles. I used mostly neutral fabrics for my centers with a few colored triangles thrown in for fun. You'll need one for each of your full blocks and a half triangle for each of your half blocks (duh). There is a little tricky bit to the half-block centers but I'll get to that later.<br />
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Cut strips from various fabrics, at least 2.5", no wider than 6". Line up the 60* guide on your acrylic ruler and cut off the corner like so:<br />
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Turn your ruler and line up the other 60* guide with the bottom edge. You can slide the ruler left or right to make the triangle larger or smaller. Cut that sucker.<br />
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Turn your ruler again and you can cut another triangle. See how I made a smaller one? (NOTE: in this case I had to trim a little bit off the end before cutting another center to get rid of that blunt corner.) (ALSO NOTE: if you're using scraps for your centers you can fussy cut your triangles any which way you want.)<br />
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For the half pyramids you want to use larger rather than smaller triangles. As for the number you'll need for the half pyramids: if the number of blocks in your rows will be odd, just cut another center for each row. If the number is even and the number of rows is even, same. If the number of blocks in a row is even BUT the number of rows is odd, you'll need one for each row plus one. Example:<br />
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In my original quilt there's an even number of full blocks in each row (6) and an odd number of rows (5). I needed to cut 6 centers for the half pyramids in order to have enough of the right orientation. Is that confusing? Probably. You could also just cut a bunch of triangles and figure it out later! Alternatively, you could make sure to use a reversible solid for at least on of your side blocks, then you could flip it to be which ever orientation you need.<br />
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If you manage to figure all of that out, take your centers that will be used for the half pyramids and cut them in half like so.<br />
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Now for the logs in your log pyramids. If you cut your triangles from width-of-fabric strips, reserve the leftover strips to be used as logs. If they are wider than 4", cut them in half lengthwise before using. Cut the remaining strips at least 1" wide, no larger than 4" wide. I recommend cutting two strips for every width that you cut from each fabric. This way you should have enough to complete a small round and a big round of logs without having to cut more. <br />
You can refer to <a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/04/log-pyramid-quilt-along-fabric-and.html">this post</a> to get an idea of about how much fabric you'll need. Again, you'll need about a yard worth of strips for every four blocks you make. Of course, this is an estimate. Just do what I do, cut a whole bunch of strips, cut more as you're piecing if you need them and use any leftovers in the quilt back.<br />
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Here are my strips and centers, cut and ready to go!<br />
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<li style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/04/log-pyramid-quilt-along-making-quilt-top.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Thursday, April 25 - Making the quilt top</a></li>
<li style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/04/log-pyramid-quilt-along-making-quilt.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Tuesday, April 30 - Making the quilt back</a></li>
<li style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/05/log-pyramid-quilt-along-quilting.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Thursday, May 2 - Quilting</a></li>
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<li style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/07/log-pyramid-quilt-along-glamour-shots.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Monday, July 1 - The End!</a></li>
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And you can share your progress in the Flickr group, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/logpyramids/" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">here</a>!</div>
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First, a retraction. Sorry guys, I goofed but it's a small goof so you can relax. I originally said you needed two sheets of 12"x18" template plastic to make your template but you can easily make it work with one. So scratch that. If you bought two, I'm sorry. The bright side is you've got an extra sheet you can use for another project! Or you can return it to Joann's, either way.</div>
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To make your template, first print out all three sheets of <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bz3khVjC9eIDWlNUTl8wbk43Q2M/edit?usp=sharing">this pdf file</a>. When printing, be sure you do not scale the image at all, it needs to be at 100%. You don't need to cut your paper pieces out completely, just trim off the right side of piece A and the bottom of piece C, then tape the pieces together like the diagram below. Be careful to line up the black and red guides.</div>
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You will have something that looks like this.</div>
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Lay your sheet of template plastic over the paper template, lining the bottom edge of the plastic up with the bottom of the template. With your Sharpie, draw a line to the left of the template.</div>
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Cut along the line you just drew and tape the piece you cut off to the top of the larger piece of plastic, butting the straight edges together and making sure the plastic now completely covers the paper template. Make sure the bottom edge of the plastic perfectly aligns with the bottom edge of the template and tape the bottom edge to the paper. Use your permanent markers (black and red if you have them, otherwise don't sweat using the same color) and a ruler to trace the black and red guide lines on the template. If you're going to cut the plastic with scissors you should also trace the template outline. Don't worry about the stitching lines, they're just there to be pretty.<br />
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If you're using scissors, remove the paper and cut out the template. If you have and exacto knife and metal ruler, use them to cut along the template edges. And, voila! You're done.<br />
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There is one other option that I doubt any of you are nuts enough to do but I was! I took my template file to an acrylic shop and had a clear acrylic template made. It was certainly pricier but I will admit, I didn't shop around and just found someplace local that could do it (I was impatient). I mention it because that is the template you will see me using for the remainder of this quilt along. I didn't want you to be alarmed.<br />
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<li style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/04/log-pyramid-quilt-along-making-your.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Monday, April 15 - Making your template</a></li>
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And you can share your progress in the Flickr group, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/logpyramids/" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">here</a>!</div>
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Liz Harvatinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18316044651054050944noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34976544.post-18288958443513596332013-04-12T05:00:00.000-07:002013-07-02T16:33:04.954-07:00Log Pyramid Quilt Along: Fabric and Supplies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">A sharpie or other permanent marker</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Rotary cutter, cutting mat and acrylic ruler</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Printer paper, tape and the ability to print <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bz3khVjC9eIDWlNUTl8wbk43Q2M/edit?usp=sharing">this template</a></span></li>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">You will need various prints and solids that can be cut into long strips. Fat quarters will work but you will need to piece strips together if you use them for the outer rounds of your blocks. You can use smaller pieces and scraps for the triangle centers of your blocks. I recommend choosing a balance of solids and prints, erring towards more solids if possible. I also made sure to include a fair amount of neutral fabrics to keep things from looking <i>too</i> crazy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">As for quantity, you'll need about a half yard's worth of various strips for every four pyramids you make. The new version I'm making for this quilt along will be made up of 12 full pyramids and six half pyramids in three rows and will end up being about 44"x47", a nice sized baby quilt. The original log pyramid quilt was made up of 30 full and 10 half pyramids in five rows and was about 61"x78". Below is a table that gives the number of pyramids you'll need to make standard sized quilts as well as an estimate of the total number of yards you'll need of various fabrics for your top and binding.</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"># of Pyramids per Row</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"># of Full Pyramids</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Total Yards of Fabric Needed for Top</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Baby</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">44"x47"</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lap</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">53"x62"</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">20</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4.5</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 1/8</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Twin</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">70"x92"</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">42</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8.5</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 3/4</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Full</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">87"x92"</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">54</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Queen</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">95.5"x92"</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">60</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10.5</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">King</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">104"x107"</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">77</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">13.5</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2</span></td>
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<li style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/04/log-pyramid-quilt-along-making-your.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Monday, April 15 - Making your template</a></li>
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<li style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/04/log-pyramid-quilt-along-piecing-main.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Thursday, April 18 - Piecing the main blocks</a></li>
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<li style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/04/log-pyramid-quilt-along-making-quilt-top.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Thursday, April 25 - Making the quilt top</a></li>
<li style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/04/log-pyramid-quilt-along-making-quilt.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Tuesday, April 30 - Making the quilt back</a></li>
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<li style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/07/log-pyramid-quilt-along-glamour-shots.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Monday, July 1 - The End!</a></li>
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And you can share your progress in the Flickr group, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/logpyramids/" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">here</a>!</div>
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Liz Harvatinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18316044651054050944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34976544.post-74099000463057721682013-04-10T13:08:00.000-07:002013-07-02T16:33:27.063-07:00Log Pyramid Quilt AlongIt's official, next week I'll be starting the Log Pyramid Quilt Along!<br />
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In case you missed it, the original <a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/02/quiltcon-here-we-come.html">Log Pyramid quilt</a> was part of the show at QuiltCon and now you, gentle readers, can make your very own version. Over the next few weeks I will be making a new version of the pattern and letting you all in on the process. My new quilt will be a smaller, baby quilt version of the pattern but I will provide instructions for any sized quilt. I hope you will join me!<br />
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<li style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/04/log-pyramid-quilt-along-making-your.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Monday, April 15 - Making your template</a></li>
<li style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/04/log-pyramid-quilt-along-cutting-your.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Tuesday, April 16 - Cutting your fabric</a></li>
<li style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/04/log-pyramid-quilt-along-piecing-main.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Thursday, April 18 - Piecing the main blocks</a></li>
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<li style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/04/log-pyramid-quilt-along-making-quilt-top.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Thursday, April 25 - Making the quilt top</a></li>
<li style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/04/log-pyramid-quilt-along-making-quilt.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Tuesday, April 30 - Making the quilt back</a></li>
<li style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2013/05/log-pyramid-quilt-along-quilting.html" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">Thursday, May 2 - Quilting</a></li>
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And you can share your progress in the Flickr group, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/logpyramids/" style="color: #66cccc; text-decoration: none;">here</a>!</div>
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Liz Harvatinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18316044651054050944noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34976544.post-54342536993484466812013-03-27T13:53:00.000-07:002013-03-27T13:53:27.316-07:00Mosaic Lap Quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Today I'm introducing you to the Mosaic Lap Quilt, the latest pattern available in the <a href="http://ladyharvatine.bigcartel.com/">Lady Harvatine shop</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The pattern itself isn't exactly new. You may have gotten a <a href="http://www.handmadebyalissa.com/the-best-thing-ive-made/">peek</a> of this original version last Spring.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>This pattern includes full instructions for making a 54" x 54" Mosaic lap quilt. It is suitable for a bold beginner who isn't daunted by a lot of piecing. The quilt is made with a lot of strip piecing so there is much less piecing of little bits than you may think.</i></span></span>Liz Harvatinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18316044651054050944noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34976544.post-85060854535188674322013-03-20T04:00:00.000-07:002013-03-20T04:00:16.362-07:00QuiltCon Wrap Up Part 5: Lady Harvatine Sightings (and the end!)Saving the best for last? I might think so but I'm clearly biased.<br />
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First and foremost we have the Log Pyramids quilt that I entered into the show. I didn't win any prizes (boo hoo) but I was still super excited to have my quilt hanging among so many other amazing quilts. Plus I've since found out that my quilt was selected to be a part of the Best of QuiltCon Traveling Show! So far the show will be making appearances at <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">HMQS in Salt Lake City, Sisters in Sisters, Oregon and Patchwork Europe in France with more stops possibly in the works.</span></span><br />
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Although I did not win anything, this mini quilt inspired by my <a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2007/05/in-true-spirit-of-whiplash.html">Confetti Quilt tutorial</a> won an honorable mention! The quilt was made by <a href="http://www.felicityquilts.com/">Felicity Ronaghan</a> from Vancouver and was entered in the handwork, small quilts category. Felicity gave me a very nice little shout out in her quilt description.<br />
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And last but not least, there were a couple of sample quilts made from one of my patterns hanging up in different vendor booths! This was such a great surprise! (Mine is the the one with all of the squares.)<br />
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You may or may not have seen this pattern before. For the last several months it has been available on the Robert Kaufman website but due to my lazy blogging I never got around to sharing it here. The good news is that you can now get the pattern from <a href="http://ladyharvatine.bigcartel.com/">my shop</a>! It's called the Mosaic Lap Quilt and I will do a much more detailed post about the quilt and the pattern very soon. But if you're interested now you can check out the pattern <a href="http://ladyharvatine.bigcartel.com/product/mosaic-lap-quilt">here</a>!Liz Harvatinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18316044651054050944noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34976544.post-60474054177437347342013-03-19T11:08:00.000-07:002013-03-19T11:08:21.330-07:00QuiltCon Wrap Up Part 4: The Good TimesAre you tired of these posts yet? I'm alllllllmost done. Just one more after this.<br />
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It probably goes without saying that I had a great time at QuiltCon. The LAMQG had a great contingency and it was so much fun to hang out with everyone. We also had several guild members who've moved away come to QuiltCon and it was so nice to get to see them all again!<br />
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This was highlight from my weekend, for obvious reasons! I promise I only asked to take a pregnant lady photo with Anna, it was her idea to touch bellies! Of course I was secretly hoping we could do that.<br />
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Emily, who's one of our LAMQG members gone on to new frontiers, was one of my roommates. Here we are at the Michael Miller booth.<br />
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Lovely ladies out for dinner before the 80's Dance Party. The party was tons o' fun, and that's coming from a pregnant lady who couldn't have any cocktails and who didn't think she would be up for dancing very much (she was).<br />
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And of course, the good times wouldn't be complete without sharing the loot that I brought home. <br />
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I took two workshops at QuiltCon. The first was a half day class with Lotta Jansdotter, textile printing. I love Lotta's fabrics and I just wanted to spend a little time with her and learn a little about the way she works. The class was really fun. She had us try two different methods of printing, stenciling and block printing.</div>
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The little half moons in the photo below are my stenciled design and the triangles are block printed. Because this was just a half day class and we did two techniques, we really just got a quick overview of each. But it was great to learn from Lotta and to see that, no big surprise, she's got a really loose and free-spirited attitude when it comes to printing and design. We kept hearing "Figure out what works for you!" I know there are people who don't respond well to such loose structure but it's definitely a big part of the way I work and I enjoyed it.</div>
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The second class I took was a full day, block printing with Lizzie House. I know it seems weird that of all the workshops I had to choose from I picked two on the same subject but in my defense, I didn't know that Lotta's class would entail block printing when I signed up. Once I realized what we would be doing I was a little nervous that Lizzie's class the next day would be a little redundant. Thankfully I had nothing to worry about. </div>
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Lizzie's class was completely different from Lotta's. She has a very strong background in block printing and she treated the workshop like more of a class you'd take in art school. She had us start by drawing, giving us prompts like autumn, sewing notions, etc. to inspire us and we moved onto the block carving from there. She was very helpful and engaged with each student every step of the way and gave us tons of useful information and tips while still having fun and chatting with us. At the end of the class she made sure to reserve plenty of time for us to display all of our work on a design wall and had us each talk about what we had done and get feedback from her. </div>
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Below is the geometric print that I came up with. I wanted to make something like this with a repeat and Lizzie gave me great advice on how to make it happen. While I love the free wheeling, organic approach of Lotta's style, my left brain really appreciates the structure and focus of Lizzie's. After all, I do have degrees in math and computer science. The logic and structure love is still strong within me!</div>
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When I chose these workshops I was trying to pick things that I probably wouldn't do on my own, which is how I ended up in two printing classes (I also considered a class with <a href="http://stitchindye.blogspot.com/">Malka Dubrawsky</a>!). I do really well teaching myself things from books or the internet, or just figuring stuff out as I go so I never feel a great need to take quilting classes. However, I did learn through <a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2012/11/a-class-with-elizabeth-hartman.html">taking a class with Elizabeth Hartman</a> last fall that it can be very fun to just spend a day trying something new with a cool teacher, even if it's something I could figure out on my own. At QuiltCon, I found myself wishing I was going to do some sewing (duh), so next time around I will keep these things in mind and really push myself when choosing workshops. The ones I took were really wonderful and I'm so glad I took them but I had time for more and I wish I had taken advantage of it. Of course, the amazing thing about these classes is that even though I didn't get to sew in them, I got to make some awesome fabric that I can't wait to sew <i>with.</i></div>
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There was quite an impressive line-up for the lecture hall at QuiltCon. I only had a lecture pass for Friday since I didn't arrive until Thursday night and had workshops Saturday and Sunday. Regardless, I got to hear some awesome women speak. </div>
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First up was Heather Ross. I don't really use novelty prints in my quilts but ever since having a kid I totally get her appeal. She read an essay from her upcoming book that was a wonderful mix of bits from her childhood and adulthood and how they have influenced her work and her art. I think that's a pretty generic description that probably applies to the entire book but it was quite lovely and I'm sure the book will be too.</div>
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The last lecture I went to was Angela Walters, talking about what else, quilting. I'd never met Angela before or heard her speak and I was so glad that I was able to. She was funny and likable and it was great to hear the story of how she got started quilting. It was also nice to hear that despite the amazing detail in her quilting she doesn't do a lot of planning or sketching before hand. I don't know why but that made her seem more human to me, impatient to get to the good stuff. It also shows, along with her story of how she got started, that she's had a LOT of practice. She's amazingly talented but she worked really hard to get that way.</div>
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And there's good news for those of you who couldn't make it to QuiltCon: you can watch Angela's lecture as well as many others by people such as Heather Jones, David and Amy Butler, Jacquie Gering and Mary Fons for FREE at Craftsy.com. <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/class/quiltcon-lecture-series-2013/194">Go here for the QuiltCon 2013 lectures!</a></div>
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Liz Harvatinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18316044651054050944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34976544.post-33612208210049358402013-02-26T18:21:00.000-08:002013-02-26T18:21:20.353-08:00QuiltCon Wrap Up Part 1: The Quilts!I returned home from Austin Sunday night and I'm still riding high on a weekend full of amazing quilts, wonderful friends and incredibly talented and inspiring people. A lot of people worked incredibly hard to put together this event and they all deserve a huge thank you. It was an unbelievably awesome convention and I am so excited to go again in 2015.<br />
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I want to do a big QuiltCon wrap up so I'm going to split it up over several (five?) posts so you don't get too overwhelmed. I hope that anyone who couldn't make it can look at these photos and read what I have to say and feel a little inspired and not too sad. I know there are a lot of you out there who were bummed to be at home this past weekend. Well I'll tell you now, it was completely worth the trip so start saving your pennies and making plans for 2015! I want to see you there!<br />
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Let's dive right into the main event: the quilts! It was so great to be able to walk through a quilt show where everywhere you turned there was something beautiful and inspiring rather than trying to seek out any little bit of modern design amongst the hoards of traditional quilts. These photos are just a small number of the quilts in the show. Looking back through my photos I've realized I was a little too lax in my photo taking because some of my favorites aren't here, including some incredible quilts by my friends and guild members! So if you want to see more than I have here I guarantee there are millions of photos that are yours for the browsing on flickr, instagram and elsewhere.<br />
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One of the first quilts you saw when walking into the main hall was the QuiltCon raffle quilt. I'm sure you've seen this one around the internet. The blocks were chosen from all of the ones submitted for the MQG challenge and the blocks that weren't chosen were put together to make 46 quilts for all of the beds at the Austin Children's Shelter. Those quilts were on display in the lecture hall and it was pretty amazing to see them all up there together.</div>
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The center of the hall had an amazing display of Denyse Schmidt's quilts. I know it's not news to anyone that Denyse is an incredibly talented designer and I'm sure it's no surprise that she has been at the top of the list of quilters I admire from the very beginning. Seeing her work in person was truly inspirational. Unfortunately I didn't get the names of all of these.<br />
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I really loved the quilting on this one. I don't think it has quite the same effect in the photo as it did in person. The quilter used multiple colors of thread, pulling from the palette in the fabrics. I'd love to try this sometime.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail of Maasai Diamonds, made and quilted by Amy Ellis</td></tr>
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This quilt won Judges Choice and second place in the Handwork category. I loved the little bits of different red fabric.<br />
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This quilt was made by my good friend Alissa Haight Carlton and I got to see it at multiple stages of completion. It really came out incredible!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bias - made and quilted by Alissa Haight Carlton</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You Rule - made and quilted by Brigitte Heitland </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Untitled - made and quilted by Lindsay Stead<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Right Here - made and quilted by Thomas Knauer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">RGB Modern - made and quilted by Sherri Lynn Wood</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Big O - made and quilted by Latifah Saafir</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Impracticality - made and quilted by Angela Walters</td></tr>
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These are far from my only favorites from the show but they're definitely a good start. I will share more highlights from Austin soon!Liz Harvatinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18316044651054050944noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34976544.post-11696130797351118402013-02-20T22:20:00.000-08:002013-02-20T22:20:08.214-08:00QuiltCon here we come!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
And by we, I mean my quilt and I of course.</div>
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I'm calling this bad boy Log Pyramids. Get it? </div>
Of course, the quilt is already at the show in Austin. In fact, I'm pretty sure it's already been judged. Yipes! Wish me luck!<br />
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I wanted to do a play on log cabin blocks using triangles as the "hearth" instead of a square. The center triangles are random sizes as are the strips around them.</div>
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The solids are all Kona cottons and the rest of the fabrics are various neutral polka dot prints.<br />
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Since I couldn't find a triangle template larger than 12", I had a plexiglass template custom made so that I could cut the blocks down to size. I couldn't come up with an easy way to trim them down to the same size while keeping them centered using regular rulers.<br />
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Because I designed and made this quilt expressly to enter into the show at QuiltCon, I was extra careful with all of my piecing and I must say, I'm very proud of the result. Look at those points!<br />
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In fact, I liked this quilt so much that I used a photo of it to make this snazzy new case for my snazzy new phone!<br />
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I've been thinking of doing a tutorial for this quilt or even, dare I say it, a quilt-along?!?! If I can drum up enough interest, it's on. </div>
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This quilt has been in the works for too long. I finally finished it this year so I'm not letting another year go by without blogging about it.</div>
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I used my <a href="http://ladyharvatine.bigcartel.com/product/mod-beads-lap-quilt-pdf-pattern">Mod Beads pattern</a> and started the top in 2010, right after I released the pattern. In fact, I finished the top the same year as evidenced in <a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2010/11/its-beginning-to-look-lot-like.html">this post</a>.</div>
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The color palette was inspired by the backing fabric which I had to hunt down online so of course I started the top before it arrived. My fabric choices miss the mark a little bit but that's okay. I was working from memory.</div>
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Because this is a Christmas quilt I couldn't possibly work on it after Christmas. Or maybe I just wasn't inspired once the Christmas tree was on the curb. And...I guess the same thing happened the following year. I got it out and intended to finish it but it just didn't happen.</div>
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Somewhere along the way I did quilt it but you know how it goes...sometimes it's hard to make that final push.</div>
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And so I finally did it in time for Christmas 2012 though truth be told, it did sit on our love seat with the binding only sewn to the front for a couple of weeks.<br />
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Despite this post being dreadfully off-season, I can assure you that it was in fact finished well before Christmas. <br />
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The proof? These photos were all taken in conjunction with our Christmas card photos. Hence all of the Ginny-filled outtakes that I can't resist posting.</div>
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PS Here are the photos that ended up on the card.<br />
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Liz Harvatinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18316044651054050944noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34976544.post-41517314776272817082013-02-12T16:31:00.000-08:002013-02-12T16:35:26.299-08:00QuiltCon!Who's going? I am and I can't believe it's next week! I'm flying in Thursday night, going to lectures Friday, checking out the show and vendors Saturday morning then taking Lotta Jansdotter's workshop Saturday afternoon and finally, taking Lizzie House's workshop all day Sunday. I can't wait!<br />
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I'm joining in the <a href="http://www.linkytools.com/wordpress_list.aspx?id=182552&type=thumbnail&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1">MQG QuiltCon link party</a> so here's a photo of moi and five moderately interesting things about myself.<br />
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1. I'm pregnant. Ok, this one's a little more than moderately interesting. We are expecting baby #2, a boy, at the end of May!<br />
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2. This might be a little bit of an over share but BFD: We wanted kid #2 to be at least two years younger than Ginny (whose birthday was in January) and I knew that I didn't want to go to QuiltCon with a newborn or (even worse) have to stay home because I was 8 months pregnant. So...we planned the pregnancy around QuiltCon. Is that nuts? I don't think so, especially not now that I'm 5 and a half months pregnant, feeling great and ready to go next week!<br />
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3. I ate King Cake for breakfast and lunch today. It's a holiday! I swear I don't eat like that all of the time.<br />
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4. I played the fife and marched in parades wearing a period uniform for over a decade as a youth as a member of a fife and drum corps. Other instruments I've played with (very) mixed results include piano, alto sax, flute, baritone horn and ukulele.<br />
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5. I have bachelors degrees in math and computer science, neither of which relate to my career which is stop motion animation.<br />
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