tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90535438388279892092012-02-10T09:43:52.275-05:00A journal of my daily life -- sometimes my quilts, sometimes customer quilts, sometimes no quilts at all -- its kinda like potluck, you never know what you'll get, but there's usually something really good!Karen Marchettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01053630348262210044noreply@blogger.comBlogger2331100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9053543838827989209.post-40537929471181241522012-02-10T09:42:00.004-05:002012-02-10T09:43:52.294-05:00

Loads of fun stuff happening over at my other blog.  If you not already a follower over there, make sure you sign up so you don't miss a thing! Oh and don't worry, I'll update soon about the PSL Crazy Quilters Show -- loads of pictures, and info coming soon!!! Happy Quilting!

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Finishing out December involved six quilts... wow!  Really, four of them needed to be quilted for our local show in February, the other two were for Christmas.  So here goes the super-quick condensed version. Gail's Stepping Stones (pattern by Judy Niemeyer), and might I mention, Gail is a meticulous piecer! Next was Nancy's "Taxi Quilt" (pattern  by Heidi Pridemore for Timeless Treasures) -

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My only "change" for 2012 -- All of my customer work will remain on this blog.  My own personal work will be found at http://karenmarchetti.blogspot.com/2012/01/2012-it-begins.html Happy New Year peeps!  Wishing you the best of everything, always!

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Just shy of a month between posts... I have been so busy I don't even know where to start.  I still haven't shared all of Houston with you, and I do believe I had one more post about the Mancuso Show in West Palm Beach... maybe one day, but not now. I'll start the catch-up with Jeannie's "Perfect Bliss" quilt (a special edition Jenny Haskins/pattern by Simon Haskins)  more info about the pattern

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While at the World Quilt Show Florida III I was able to view an unbelievable special exhibit entitled SAQA: Layers of Memory (Curated by: Doria Anne Goocher).  For more information about SAQA, visit their website. Here are my favorites from the exhibit: "Shattered" 42x36 by Betty Busby of Albuquerque, New Mexico "Tribute to the Past" 45x35 by Genevieve Attinger of Pontivy, France "

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For those of you that aren't lucky enough to live in sunny South Florida... it's hot, always.  No really, for three years West Palm Beach has been the home of the World Quilt Show Florida Competition - this year the show expanded to the 7 southeastern states.  Let me tell you, there are loads of talented quilters down here - loads!  I wish I could share the entire show with you, but that is just

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First we'll start with a link to the winners, once you're there, click IQA WINNERS on the left sidebar. I'm going to post just a few of my favorites.  There are entirely too many quilts to post here, and I have way too many favorites, so I am randomly picking a few.  I am also including the name/description cards because who better to tell you about their quilt than the artists themselves.

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Houston... WOW! No other word describes it. The only thing I can say about attending Festival is bring several pairs of shoes! Your feet will hurt no matter what, but if you can change up the pressure points you'll do okay. Really, 5 days in Houston and my first comment is wear comfy shoes! I do not know where to start... my mind is mental mush. I was quilting like a mad woman to get ready

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Well, I must admit, I haven't worked "full-time" in a very long time. Well for myself yes, but not on customer quilts. That is one of the perks of being your own boss and working from home, right? NOT this week, I've been a crazy quilting fool in an attempt to get caught up (or ahead) in preparation for Festival. So last week I pumped out five quilts... OMG, that's like a quilt a day - the

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Lately I have been in a war of catch-up. It almost feels like a snowball effect, for every step forward I'm taking two back -- just waiting for the full-blown avalanche to hit. Really, I'm sure it's not as bad as I think, and I am catching up slowly. I am NOT complaining, just verbalizing (is that even a word?) my feelings of not being able to breathe. This is actually the busiest I've been

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Well, it has been another week. Not quite as crazy as the last one, that would be hard to top, BUT, exciting nonetheless. You all may or may not know, Florida is a stop for Mancuso's 2011 World Quilt Competition XV Tour. We have also had our own World Quilt Show Florida Competition for the past two years. This year, they have increased it to the seven Southeastern States -- very exciting!

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And no, not in a good way! Much more in a happy to have lived through it relieved that it's over kind of way. So, to catch you up, I had been working on my latest show quilt, trying ever so hard to have it finished for photographs for a show entry deadline. Nope, did not happen. Well, it did, four days after the deadline! It's all good, I did enter "Clouds in My Latte" and of course my JTA

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Finally... a post, I know, so strange. I have been so busy I'm not sure if I'm coming, going, breathing, or not. If it weren't for the little reminders and alarms on my phone I wouldn't have a clue. I don't even know where to begin - it has been almost a month! In busy-time that is more like forever! I will start with my Door Challenge for my local art group, Journeys Thru Art -- an AMAZING

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Here is Joan's beautiful Latte quilt: Before this beauty was finished, there were a few little dilemmas... Keep in mind that I am sharing the following pictures with you, not to show her mistakes or bad piecing. I'm sharing them to show you that a *good* quilter has the ability to correct them given the proper amount of time, skill, and patience! NO, not all mistakes are correctable and it does

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Yes, I have a NEW email (not to worry, I still have all the old emails). After six years, I have finally set up my website email! It has come time to get all my ducks in a somewhat organized row and to contain all that is my business. I don't know why I have put this off for so long, it wasn't hard to set up, I just had to figure out how to access it, send and receive via my phone, and all those

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I have once again neglected my blog. NO, not from posting, just from posting my customer's work. I have been a BLOG-HOG... using it only for myself. Crazy you say, but I went back to check and I haven't posted about a customer quilt since July 2! WOW.... so very sorry! So once again (apparently I'm a repeat offender), you're going to get the super-quick condensed version, with one exception. I

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No, it is no where near done. But, it is much further along than my last post about it. This morning I started with some thread work, but before I show you that, here's what you've missed -- don't worry, its only about a months worth of work (pictures) - not really, its actually only 8 days of work, and a few evenings here and there. We'll start with the brown muslin fabric that I painted using

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three of my favorite words!Two of my lovelies were out and about gallivanting around Hershey, PA at Quilt Odyssey. *Oliver* and *Clouds in My Latte* both made an appearance, and boy did they shine... one with yellow and one with red! Shiny ribbons that is -- *Oliver* took 3rd Place in Wall Quilt-Mixed/Other Techniques and *Clouds in My Latte* took 2nd Place in Wall Quilt-Pieced.I must

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It's Thursday, not that it's important, just letting you know... every so often from now until January 2012 I'll be reminding you of a very important piece of information: tickets are available for the PSL Crazy Quilters Raffle Quilt!!! Awesome, amazing, outta' this world, I know, there just aren't enough adjectives... really, have you ever known me to exaggerate? heheheOkay, here's the details -

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It's official... *Oliver* has been selected as a finalist to be exhibited at the 2011 International Quilt Festival/Houston in the annual IQA fall Judged Show, Quilts: A World of Beauty. And according to IQA, this year’s jury had the difficult task of narrowing a field of 652 entries to 380 finalists.So as soon as Oliver gets his tushy-tail feathers home from Quilt Odyssey in Hershey, PA, he will

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Remember the beautiful raffle quilt post, no, then click here for all the details.If so, then guess what... TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE!!! Yes, awesome, perfect, what do you mean the raffle doesn't go off until February 2012, yes, the raffle goes off on February 4, 2012 at the PSL Crazy Quilters Biennial Show. You do not need to be present to win, but you definitely can't win without a ticket! I know

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I had been working on some "smaller" patterns to offer for sale and doodled this up... Well really I doodled it on paper first, then mirror imaged it, then put it on fabric, but you get the idea!Super cute huh? So better than to keep it as a sample, I decided that I would use this as the Raffle table runner for MCQG since I had signed up as the raffle-maker for August. Pretty cool, but, it turned

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I SHARE INFORMATION... A LOT. I share words, pictures, thoughts, ideas, mistakes, life, and love... it's what I do. Some people do not appreciate that I share, they have stated in the past that "I share too much". Is this even possible? In today's technological advanced society, really, how is it possible, one-click sharing to any social media, blogging, facebook, tweets, emails, text messages,

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if I say that enough it might actually be true! I have an unbelievable fear of lightning. I'm getting better at dealing with it yes, but the fear is still there. Oh no, I've released one of the 5 things you might not know about me! No really, if you even remotely know me, you know that I have a sometimes unreasonable fear of lightning! Perhaps I was struck by lightning in a past-life, or maybe it

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Once again I am playing catch-up. No, not in real life, here in blogland. Last week I let you all know about the status of my door challenge, but I neglected to fill you in on my work, the real stuff, you know, money making customer quilts, the ones that help pay the bills. So, here goes:Jan made another super-adorable paper doll quilt. You might remember her other one was in pinks, if not, click

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My door has officially taken to fabric... woohoo! I started with the floor, knowing there was a possibility I wouldn't like the perspective at all once in paint on the fabric... boy, was I wrong. I love how it turned out. So then I started on the block wall... Did you even have one of those moments when you sit back and say, no, that's not quite right, I can make this better. And you don't

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"Bed of Roses" our remake of the Moss Rose Quilt (1853 Susan Black Stayman). Hand applique by Marian M., Pat N., and Muriel K., trapunto and machine quilting by me, Karen Marchetti. The original quilt is part of the Spencer Collection at the Spencer Museum of Art (University of Kansas). There is also a wonderful write up on Barbara Brackman's blog. If you get a chance, check out these sites, both

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I've been busy preparing for my son's graduation... yes, finally! The trials and tribulations of grades and GPA's, missed credits from almost forgetten classes, FCAT testing replaced by ACT testing (don't even ask my opinion of the FCAT), along with all the "etc" (my nice word for bs) are all done. My son has graduated. It was an amazing, happy, sad, tearful, and joyful event. He kept telling me,

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Wow, it is a season of challenges. I am currently involved in three, participation-wise that is. So far I have only started working on two, of which, only one is actually fabric at this point. Anyway, my three challenges are: (1) the Door Challenge for a small local art group (width 30"-60" x 30"+), (2) MCQG Challenge (40x40 max) - Stars, Stars, Stars, and (3) PSLCQ Member Challenge (24x24 max) -

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Yeah!!! I will never, ever, ever, get sick of hearing those words, nope, not ever!"Clouds in My Latte" has received a Judge's Choice Award at MQS 2011 (click here for a link to ALL the winners). The Judge that chose my quilt was none other than Linda McCuean... totally awesome!!! Totally! I am on cloud nine once again, I know, it doesn't take much! Really, any ribbon is fantastic, but Judge's

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I have once again fallen behind on my posts, not far behind, but I forgot to post a few things, so this is going to be a super-quick show and tell (unless you read really slow)....Mary's "Don't Look Now" (pattern by Lilly Pilly): Donna's antique quilt -- it was her husbands grandmothers and she thinks it is from the 1920's:Billy's "Home Tweet Home" (McKenna Ryan pattern), along with some extra

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I received an email this morning from Susan about her Third Place win on Bamboo...Dear Karen,Thought you want to know that the Red Bamboo received a 3rd place award in the group category at the Empire Guild 2011 show in New York City. It was the first quilt hanging when you entered the show. You did a beautiful job quilting it. Will also send a shot of the other quilt entered in the show. I can't

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really, those were his exact words -- "Mom, you are amazing!" No, not because of my awesome parenting skills, not because I handed him money or car keys, but because he finally watched me quilt. No, he didn't stand next to me while at the Gammill, he sat at the computer and watched me quilt on my newly uploaded video. I thought it was grainy so I asked him to watch -- he told me I was amazing and

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how I wish I were there!! For those that don't know -- MQX is Machine Quilters Expo. A fantastic show for quilters, one I am hoping to attend soon, possibly next year. MQX East is one of the largest machine quilting shows and is currently held in Providence, RI. Here is a link to the Winners. A super BIG congratulations to all of the winners -- I've seen pictures of some of these quilts and they

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Technically if it weren't for facebook I wouldn't know, not sure which is worse? So on that note I would like to thank John Kubiniec (Big Rig Quilting) one of my facebook friends for posting this link. Remember a while back, I had two quilts brought to me by Michele, but they were actually for Susan up in New York (if you don't remember, you can read the original post here). Her red quilt, "

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I do believe this is one of those quilts that has been forever in the making! Jan has been one of my customers for many years. Every year she tells me she's found more cowboy fabrics and she's "working" on the quilt. I'm sure she has been collecting for at least all of those years, if not more because I've been hearing about this famous cowboy quilt since the day I met her. She finally finished

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What a week (um, or more like week-and-a-half)-- still trying to conquer this lingering cold which won't give up - my voice is stuck in scratchy-crackle world, but I'm managing and shouldn't be complaining. On top of the never-ending cold, I finished a quick but super special appliqued quilt. My sister called me and told me that her best friend was just diagnosed with breast cancer and would need

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Saturday was National Quilting Day and what a blast we had at the JaM Patch celebrating "Stars in Our Backyard"! Pam Post (another of our local stars) gave a great lecture on how to prepare your quilt for a longarmer and was a wealth of fantastic information. She was way organized and very informative! Then, the disorganized chaos known as me... with a trunk show in no particular order. And I am

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Saturday, March 19, 2011 is National Quilting Day and to celebrate this, the JaM Patch is featuring Quilting Stars in Our Backyard. Apparently I'm a star and I just happen to live in their backyard -- isn't that so cool!Make sure that you're there at 2:00pm as I'll be giving a trunk show featuring none other than "Oliver", "Clouds in My Latte" (my latest competition quilt), and many more of my

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Oliver is once again going to be travelling. For those of you who will be attending MQX (Machine Quilters Expo) in Providence, Rhode Island, make sure you take a peek at the Special Exhibit entitled Pretty as a Picture, Quilts Inspired by Photographs. Because while you're walking around and looking you'll be able to see Oliver, along with his classmate Park Ling. Park Ling is owned by Pat Parker,

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Quilt with no name has been quilted and finally has a name! Yes, those that follow on facebook already know all about it, but for all my wonderful blogger fans -- quilt with no name is now "Clouds in My Latte". It was sort of an aha moment. I had been going back and forth with all the suggestions you guys came up with. I had it narrowed down to a strange combination of a few of them, but it was

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hmm... this is a somewhat ADD prone story (just warning you ahead of time) - it all goes back to September. I quilted a quilt for Margy of the JaM Patch. It was made up of the most beautiful neutral batiks ever, okay, maybe not ever, but the most beautiful neutrals that I had seen in a very long time. Margy's quilt turned out beautiful (see the detail pic) and had me thinking about all those

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About a week or so ago, Margy from the JaM Patch called me. She let me know that the store just received brochures for Mancuso's 2011 World Quilt Show in West Palm Beach. She was excited to tell me that Oliver was on the brochures and that I was once again famous... I listened to this message laughing because I don't feel famous, but in truth, in my little world this is BIG!Anyway, I thought I

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Here is a Kasuri Sampler made by Susan K. of New York (brought to me by Michele - a little confusing I know).The pattern is by Susan Briscoe and here is what Ms. Briscoe posted on my facebook page -- I thought I would share with all of you as she includes additional information: "Wow! It is gorgeous. Your client has made a wonderful job of the patchwork and sashiko and it looks lovey with the

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LOL... really because if not I'd be crying! I just spent an hour remembering everything I forgot to tell you all, typing it up, inserting pictures, tweeking, perking and gosh-darn-it... laptop freezes up -- again! That's okay right, autosave will save me... I finally get the laptop back up and running, pull up my drafts and no, nothing, no even a first sentence! Ahhhhh... it should really be

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Last Friday it was a dark, dreary, rainy day so I decided to do some piecing to pass the time. I just needed to work on some simple, what I call "mindless piecing" -- kind of just straight seam stuff. I didn't want to think about precise cutting and measurements, I just wanted something super simple. I pulled out my handy-dandy Turning Twenty pattern (by Tricia Cribbs). My pattern no longer looks

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Wow... I am so bad at updating the blog lately. And things I thought I had added aren't here - know what that means? Yep, I didn't do it. So, without further delay...One of my customers took two First Place ribbons back in October at the Alabama National Fair.Here is her winning quilt - 1st Place - Patchwork-Machine Quiltedand here is her winning quilt - 1st Place Wall Hanging-Machine QuiltedI

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Over the last week and a half I was working on two quilts for Carol. I don't know the pattern name (if any) for either one -- chime in if you do, if not I'll add it in the comments once I find out.The first one was a beautiful Garden Sampler... And here's the best view I could get of the entire quilt:And then.... a flowery embroidered, fancy decorative stitch quilt! Apparently Spring has Sprung

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A New Year… wow, I’m not sure I was finished with the last one!I hope you all had wonderful holiday seasons, I must admit, mine turned out to be fabulous! I was able to spend two weeks work-free with my family and friends up north. What did I get for Christmas you ask? A blizzard, of course! I wanted it to snow so badly, mostly because my son hasn’t seen snow in almost ten years. Boy did we get

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Today is a wind-down day as tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I must say, I have so very much to be thankful for -- first off - my life, along with my family and friends, and all that they contribute to making my life what it is! In addition to that these past few weeks have been wonderful in the quilting part of my life! Oliver took Third Place, he was accepted into the 2011 Road to California show, AQS

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Wow, what an exciting and event-filled weekend... I can finally stop and breathe.This past weekend was the Florida Competition of the World Quilt Show by Mancuso Show Management. I must say, Florida certainly has many talented quilters! On my facebook page I have an album of many of the quilts from the show, including several exhibits, and also quilts from the World Quilt Show. If you already use

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Wow... International Quilt Festival - the quilt show of quilt shows! I have yet to enter a quilt at Houston... perhaps 2011 will be my year, not sure, we will have to wait and see. But, I have officially "hung" at Houston this year... not in the show, in Fil-Tec's booth. Previously, I had made a quilt for them to use in their booth at shows -- who knew I'd make it to Houston! In my little world

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It all started with a class...a class that Judy signed up for. The class was for the "Passion Flowers" quilt in the book Applique Outside the Lines by Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins of Piece-o-Cake Designs. Judy took this class. This red quilt is the quilt in the book. Very pretty if I say so myself. Judy marches to the beat of her own drummer, very similar to myself. And she decided to uses

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What is Zentangle? Squidoo states “In a word, a doodle. A structured, contained doodle.”I have always doodled. There is always paper, notebooks, sketch pads, you name it, they are all over my house, everywhere -- there are even a few Magna-Doodles if you look hard enough. If you open any of them you will find a myriad of doodles, drawings, quilting ideas, new motifs, background fills, etc.About

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Wow, a full month and no posts. I knew that I was behind, but didn't think it was that bad. Part of it is because I update so much on Facebook that my brain thinks I've posted here also... wrong! I wonder if I set an alarm on my phone if it will remind me to post to the blog? We'll keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best! Anyway, here goes the super-quick rundown...Margy's quilt... ooh la

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Wow, this moment has been a long time coming. I have finally finished my owl project from the week long Design and Construction Retreat I participated in last September taught by Sharon Schamber. I beat my deadline by just a few days! And I must admit, I'm not completely done. I still have to square it, block it, and then bind it! But I am close enough to say woohoo it is done!I would have

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Who knew that in a mere five years one could accumulate so much... Yes, I must admit, I am a collector. No, not anything in particular... I just collect! I am about to share pictures with you of an awful mess -- those who are neat freaks and/or offended with messy chaos should turn away. The studio redo all started with a request for extra lighting. Perhaps I should start with... a five year old

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Okay, here is the bad border post. Keep reading, it turns out beautiful in the end...For those that know me... attaching borders properly is one of my biggest quilting peeves. It is much too easy to fix just about anything that is askew or un-square in your quilt if you attach the borders properly and it only takes a few minutes extra. Any pattern that tells you to cut you borders "x" inches and

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The other day I was quilting along when... plop. Yep, just plop. My tension assembly fell out.No, prior to the plop I did not experience tension problems, and the best part... the machine kept stitching away. It was I who stopped to scream and grab the oily assembly off the quilt as fast as possible. The only thought going through my mind was "oh no... it's 5:30 pm who can still Fedex today!" I

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Wow, it has been almost three weeks since my last post. I knew I was overdue for a post, but never realized it had been that long. So very sorry to my blogger fans, that was extremely rude of me.Okay, a quick summary of customer quilts would go like this... Jeri's "Grandmother's House" -- super cute! Jeri's Santa Sampler -- another super cutie!! Darlene's star quilt (it reminds me of summer and

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It's all finished - even the binding! This was a super quick quilt I made for Fil-Tec using Glide Thread and Magna-Glide bobbins. I made it for use in their booth at shows to let people see how beautiful the thread is and how it helps quilting to pop. I had a great time with this quilt -- its about 51x54. I just wish I could have spent just a little more time on it! All these amazing ideas

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Here is Mary's Halloween quilt. The pattern is a block of the month entitled Baltimore Halloween by Pearl P. Pereira - P3 Designs (http://p3designs.com/) and it just happens to be one of my favorite quilts! I have this pattern (thanks to a dear friend) and plan on making one of my own -- my dilemma... I want to do hand applique on my quilt. Well, those are some tiny, tiny, little pieces. I'm

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GUESS WHAT.... we have pictures of the altar cloth!! Mary just forwarded a couple of pictures of the altar cloth she constructed and I quilted for the wedding of Rachel and Jake. This project was a lot of fun -- Mary pretty much gave me creative license on this project, which I love. No restrictions at all, just a few specific requests -- it was a great project and I am still honored to have been

Karen Marchettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01053630348262210044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9053543838827989209.post-40576091743951919382010-07-08T19:37:00.004-04:002010-07-08T19:47:05.864-04:00

Here is another bargello from a class held at the JaM Patch(http://jampatch.blogspot.com/ or http://jampatch.com/). The pattern is "Diamonds Jubilee" by Nancy A. Smith (QuiltnNana Creations). All I can say on this one is WOW! Well really, I could say I really hope that Rozann calls and tells me to just keep this one -lol- okay we know that isn't going to happen -- a girl can hope, right? Her

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Here is an adorable baby quilt done in the cutest fabrics (sorry I don't know the fabric line or the pattern name)...

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Wow, the weekend went by way too fast! I hope that you all had a wonderful day/weekend with your "Father's" -- the important men in your lives. Sunday we enjoyed a calm, non-eventful, stress-free day. We celebrated Father's Day with an awesome venison dinner with fresh stick break... ummm (bread is such a no-no on my diet, but it was Father's Day and it was delicious!) Then we took a drive to the

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Here is yet another quilt belonging to Mary... wow, she has been a busy lady! I had a blast with this one... for those that know me well you know what this means... and for those that don't -- it means I quilted freehand feathers and in all over background fill -- FUN, FUN, FUN!!! One of my most favorite things to quilt -- no rules, no lines, loads of space! I could go on but here's the end

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Here is Blakeley's quilt... Mary did the piecing on this little cutie. Mary states that Blakeley is quite the little "prepster" and these plaids will suit him to a tee. I don't think any baby would be disappointed with this quilt -- prepster or not! I just love how the lettering turned out on the plaids -- wasn't super sure it would show up as well as it did! Now just hoping that Blakeley

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Spent all of yesterday quilting away on Merry's Sunflower Embroidery Quilt -- I just love this quilt! There is loads of stuff going on in this quilt -- mainly FUN, but also applique, embroidery, decorative stitches. This quilt just screams "happy" doesn't it? I'm hoping Merry likes it as much as I do!!

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LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this quilt! This absolutely adorable Wool Bunnies quilt belongs to Jan -- it is hand applique wool on wool with wool and mole-skin sashings. WOW, pictures do not do it justice at all -- you have to feel the textures of this quilt - amazing. And not to mention, just how cute all these bunnies are!!! I do remember Jan had a book of bunnies when she dropped the quilt off but can't

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Here is Sally's Black and White Sampler. This was a Saturday Sampler class from the JaM Patch. This is an AWESOME quilt, I absolutely LOVE all the fabrics and the blocks are some great choices.Here's the a close-up of the center medallion -- lots of open space for quilting... gotta love it! I had loads of fun with this quilt!!And my most favorite part of the quilt -- the back! Yes, it is the

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Not really, but a fantastic quilt -- Antique Christmas Memories. The book is by Judy Hansen of the Quilt Shop of Deland and it is an absolutely adorable quilt!

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In case you're new readers... I LOVE THIS QUILT! I should rephrase and say I LOVE HALLOWEEN! So, of course, I would love this quilt. This is the "Happy Hauntings" quilt (pattern by Verna Mosquera of The Vintage Spool) and it is the second one I have had the pleasure of quilting. This one belongs to Dianne and she has been "patiently" waiting for it while I slowly fall behind on work, life, and so

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The altar cloth has been shipped and received by Mary! WooHoo... Mary stated "...it is beyond my wildest expectations... you did such a magnificent job and I can not thank you enough for your beautiful work... It is just magnificent..." Gotta love those words of praise! No really, this was such a special project and I was truly honored to be a part of it!Here is the finished pieceand I can't wait

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Apparently, I am turning into a weekly blogger - it has been a full week since my last post. BUT, I have been super busy with a special project. It belongs to Mary and will be used as an altar cloth at a very special wedding next month. The parament was designed especially for the bride and groom by their friend Gary Anderson, a Seattle artist (photo of his original is on the left). Mary did a

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Wow, my apologies for neglecting all my blogger fans. I've been posting away on Facebook and not here -- so here's my week in review:Well, I spent a lot of time working on Sheila's bargello, which is an awesome quilt. The pattern is "Diamonds Jubilee" by Nancy A. Smith (QuiltnNana Creations). This was a recent class held at the JaM Patch(http://jampatch.blogspot.com/ or http://jampatch.com/). I'm

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Today I found a super fun site -- and it is actually QUILTING related! Can you believe it, I almost couldn't and I "wasted" my lunch goofing around creating all kinds of quilts. It is the called the Patchwork Pattern Maker and it is part of the website of the Victoria and Albert Museum (great site by the way). So, let me explain... you upload a picture (any picture) and then go through some

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Here is a little beauty belonging to Judy of the Quilt Shop of Deland (http://www.quiltshopofdeland.com/) -- it is a store/class sample (I don't know the name) but, if you are interested make sure you contact her.

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Wow, I didn't realize that I had left this project for that long! Remember way back (April of last year) I had posted about my ambidextrous piecing dilemma. Well, last month I started (continued) with this project in an attempt to finish it for my Mothers birthday. It turns out I sashed the "right" blocks to make up for the size since I donated the "wrong" blocks to another project. It turns out

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Shay's Wheel of Mystery quilt is complete. WOW, it is such a stunning quilt -- the colors, placement of the colors, and quilting make this quilt an all around winner in my book. I really love this quilt. I love how Shay "hid" some borders and you really don't see them at first glance. I chose to only make the first one stand out -- I wanted to keep the other hidden border set in with the

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My newest find still hasn't arrived (my Restaurant Readers). I received an email stating that my color choice (shiny brown) weren't available at this time in the power I ordered. Not knowing how long the back order wait would be, I decided to go with the shiny black in the correct power. At this point I just want them to arrive so that I can start using them -- I am willing to sacrifice my

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or as soon as my latest find arrives at my doorstep! Aging sucks, we all know this, but my need for reading glasses along with not enough light is getting worse by the minute... not year. Okay, this is basically the problem of every woman over 40 right so why do I feel the need to share such problems with you, my wonderful blogger fans, because I have found a solution! In yesterday's mail I

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Here is another amazingly-pieced quilt by Gail -- great use of color too. She really makes my job so much easier! Gail's only instructions were "keep it simple" and "it's an everyday quilt". I understand the keep it simple part -- that translates into only do enough to make it look wonderful. I have a problem with the everyday quilt part. Yes, it is my own personal problem I know. To me an

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Wow, Scott's quilt is absolutely awesome. I really like how it turned out -- so uber-stylish and contemporary! This baby's first words are going to be WOW, I love my quilt! I love the backing as I had mentioned in my early post about this quilt. For those that follow my facebook page this quilt is old news I know. For those that don't there has been tons of commentary on my page posts about this

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Okay, I have spent almost my entire Sunday setting up the store front page on my website. Sometimes I am so computer savvy and other times not so much... yep, today was a not so much kind of day! It is just a basic store front with only 6 items so I figured -- how hard could this be -- only as hard as paypal was going to make it! I really think it was more my brain's attention deficit problem but

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Here's what's going on the frame next...This beautiful baby quilt was pieced by Scott in Ohio. The backing is the most adorable Jungle Animal print -- one of the cutest that I have seen in a while -- it is "Safari So Good" by P and B Textiles! I had to piece the backing and match up the pattern -- here is the resultQuilting pics will follow tomorrow -- I plan on ruler work with multi-directional

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Some of you will remember I designed and quilted a pillow for Martin County Quilters to be raffled in April - if not, click here. For the rest of you, continue on... well, truth be told - I am a fantastic quilter and not so bad at designing, BUT (oh no, that dreaded BUT) -- I stink at pillow construction! Not just a little stink, we're talking down right nasty reeking gut-tugging stink! Put it

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Wow! I am finally getting closer to finishing Oliver! This was my project from the week-long Art Quilt Design & Construction retreat with Sharon Schamber. Okay it was back in September of 2009 and I worked on it periodically from then thru December. But I recently picked it back up determined to get it done!I spent the other day shading the remainder of the background and tacking down all the

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I must first say this is an amazingly beautiful quilt (Primarily Stars pattern by Jean Wells) -- Lisa gave me the perfect background for my art. I love the mottled hand-dyed stars on the black background -- one of my absolute favorites!If you follow my facebook page you have already seen many detail photos of this quilt, but if not, here are a few...

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This beautiful quilt belongs to Lisa from Missouri -- wow, what a fantastic quilt! I really love this one -- I'm doing a background fill with multi-style feathers. I'm not sure what I'll be quilting in the stars yet but I'm sure the quilt will tell me exactly what it wants!

Karen Marchettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01053630348262210044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9053543838827989209.post-6219760700231270222010-03-19T18:27:00.007-04:002010-03-19T18:44:43.491-04:00

Today was Friday (I'm sure you all knew that)... anyway, Friday's are my official day off -- yes, I take other days off on occasion, but like I said, Friday's are my "official" day off to sew for myself!Anyway, I had every intention of working on my show quilt ALL DAY... yep, paved with good intentions... anyway, I started on my show quilt, got all the pieces out, looked over my master pattern to

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I don't want this to sounds as if I'm bashing -- but I did warn you -- sometimes we get the "ugly" -- for those that know me, you know I'm just venting...Anyway... I HATE PAINTED FABRIC! There, that wasn't rude at all now was it? Now, don't think I'm talking about beautiful art like my mermaid or owl... NO, I'm talking about manufactured painted-on patterns... you know, tone-on-tones, but they're

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Here is a lovely quilt belonging to Margy's Mom...

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Here is my pillow for the MCQ Guild Pillow Raffle. My pillow will be raffled in April. Detail of the quilting

Karen Marchettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01053630348262210044noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9053543838827989209.post-12336487761301751642010-03-06T13:28:00.005-05:002010-03-06T13:33:39.164-05:00

Here he is..."Park Ling" panda turned out awesome!

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I loved my quilt as usual. It is always like Christmas when my quilt returns home to PA from their trip to FL. I am never, ever disappointed with your work. All the girls' here thought that it was beautiful as well. Did see your new website and thought it was great! Your #1 fanDottie D.

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Here is a peek into the "rebirth" of Park Ling Panda! I say rebirth because he was originally born when Pat P. created him during the week-long Sharon Schamber Design and Construction retreat back in September. WOW... he was amazing, but now he is unbelievably amazing... Pat created this great wall hanging and is allowing me to "draw" on it with some thread... or thread-paint, whichever you

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I really like this quilt, I REALLY like this quilt! It might be the black and creams... so neutral and almost calming. Or the fact that I am slowly becoming more and more obsessed with hand work. Rozann's embroidery almost reminds me of a pencil line on stark white paper - and my need to doodle and draw. All I know is that I barely have enough time in my day as it is now... but I have this

Karen Marchettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01053630348262210044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9053543838827989209.post-65601941621246948972010-02-21T15:19:00.009-05:002010-02-21T17:22:53.690-05:00

I just realized that I neglected to share with all my wonderful blog-followers, the pictures of my booth from the PSL Crazy Quilter show. Okay... there are only a few So that was my booth for those of you that didn't get the opportunity to visit the show... as I mentioned before it was an absolutely fantastic show-- can't wait for 2012...

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