tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82045534850037177122024-03-06T14:01:39.309-06:00Susan's Texas Quilting AdventuresThis is a blog about my adventures in quilting and needlework of all kinds, as well as whatever crazy thing is happening in my life.Susan In Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165885066527557584noreply@blogger.comBlogger480125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204553485003717712.post-66182063344321778712018-09-14T21:00:00.000-05:002018-09-14T21:02:21.812-05:00I'm (thinking about) coming back<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Here I am with the latest edition to my family, my niece, Kate's, baby Henry. What a cutie pie! </div>
<br />Susan In Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165885066527557584noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204553485003717712.post-72044371270587026442015-09-27T23:35:00.000-05:002015-09-28T10:49:57.758-05:00Six on Sunday - Week 20<span style="font-size: large;">Back up into the attic for me, clearing out some larger items. At this rate, we may have nothing stored in the attic soon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Susan pulled some hardbacks from one of our many bookcases, as well as a box of puzzles we may never have managed to solve (if we ever tried to).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Books are one thing that we have a lot of, many of which we can probably stand to let go. It will take quite a while, six at a time, for us to get down to just the books we can't bear to part with!</span></div>
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<br />Susan In Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165885066527557584noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204553485003717712.post-46130676727923790322015-09-23T07:35:00.001-05:002015-09-23T07:35:20.806-05:00Trinity Valley Quilt Show - Three Grand Illusions<span style="font-size: large;">I made a flying tour of the <a href="http://www.tvqg.org/quiltshow.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #741b47;">Trinity Valley Quilt Show</span></a> this past Friday, right before we left for Shreveport to see Grandma in the hospital. I knew she would not begrudge me an hour at the show before our visit. There were lots of beautiful quilts, including <b><i>three </i></b>of <span id="goog_810053179"></span><a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #741b47;">Bonnie Hunter's</span></a> most recent mystery quilt, <a href="http://quiltville.com/shop.html#!/Grand-Illusion-Digital-Pattern/p/51428111/category=13038426" target="_blank"><span style="color: #741b47;">Grand Illusion</span></a> - all three were in the original color scheme, and all three were properly attributed to Bonnie. I apologize in advance for the poor quality of the pictures, all I had with me was my phone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is the winner of Best in Show. This appliqued beauty was made by Peggy Sympson and quilted by Dawn Smith and Karen Denny, pattern "Baltimore Liberty" by <a href="https://www.p3designs.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #741b47;">Pearl Pereira</span></a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I just love the elephant and the donkey, and the quilting is fabulous.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This might just be the most beautiful eagle I have ever seen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first Grand Illusion, called "Grand Delusion" by Beth Rhodes, quilted by Dawn Smith, won an Honorable Mention in the Masters category.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I just loved "Forever Blooming" by Sally Brown, quilted by Susan Corbett, pattern "Forever Blooming" from P3 Designs, which took second place in the Masters division.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What a gorgeous quilt! I love the basket. And just look at how wonderfully the background was quilted by Ms. Corbett.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The tall larkspur(?) is really striking too. Ms. Brown stated that it felt like this quilt had "at least one million appliqued pieces... at least it felt that way." I'm sure it did, but what an awesome accomplishment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ms. Brown also said she made all but the lilac sashing using only her stash. That must be some stash!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is another of the Grand Illusions, made by Jan McCoy, quilted by Delores Talbot, </span><span style="font-size: large;">called "Not Your Sunday Picnic"</span><span style="font-size: large;"> because "it was a real challenge to make." Amen, sister. I hear that!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And here is the third Grand Illusion, </span><span style="font-size: large;">made by Barbara McClellan, quilted by Susan Corbett, </span><span style="font-size: large;">called "Grand Obsession". I think I can related to that name too. This GI took second place in the Artisan Large Pieced/Machine Quilted division.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This beautiful Judy Niemeyer pattern called "<a href="http://www.quiltworx.com/patterns/golden-harvest/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #741b47;">Golden Harvest</span></a>," pieced and quilted by JoLynn O'Neil, won an Honorable Mention in the Masters Small Pieced/Machine quilted category. I just love her striking color choices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This Christmas quilt by <a href="http://embroideryonline.com/c-151-99-cent-designs.aspx?gclid=CjwKEAjw-IOwBRD1wrTC27fSjFISJABUDZ17QI-3G-ZYNPSLmAElbcXgzhZhQN7Vshgp7GJ-sTLTnhoC2Q7w_wcB" target="_blank"><span style="color: #741b47;">Bernina OESD</span></a> called "Magic in the Air," made and quilted by Deborah McFatridge, won an Honorable Mention in the Artisan Digitized category. What beautiful Christmas colors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Oh Howly Night" won the <a href="http://www.nqaquilts.org/NQACJ/Award/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #741b47;">N.Q.A CJ</span></a> Award of Merit for "Outstanding Achievement in Quiltmaking". I should think so. If you were wondering, N.Q.A. CJ stands for "National Quilt Association Certified Judge."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The floor of our shower in the master bathroom developed problems. The "mud" or concrete under the tiles had begun to break down, making the floor uneven, cracking the grout and causing a leak. Luckily for us, the bathroom is over the garage, so it only dripped on the garage floor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I tried to do a quick fix, which left the tiles uneven and the grout kept cracking loose. And, it </span><span style="font-size: large;">only stopped the leak for a little while. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now I am attempting a more thorough fix, removing all the tile and the loose "mud" underneath, patching the mud, and installing new tile. This is the patched mud, which still needs some smoothing and evening out. Then I can put down new tile, grout it, and thoroughly seal it. Hopefully this will stop the leak for a long time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have eight prehistoric textbooks from <a href="http://susanintexas.blogspot.com/2015/09/six-on-sunday-week-17.html" target="_blank">two weeks ago</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And four items from the pantry reorganization of <a href="http://susanintexas.blogspot.com/2015/09/six-on-sunday-week-19.html" target="_blank">last week</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'll take the textbooks to the used book store and see what I can get for them. The pantry items will go to Goodwill; maybe somebody needs a lunch bag, or a replacement coffepot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Grandma has hit a rough patch health-wise, and had to go to the hospital on Friday. They packed her hand-work (but no clothing) so I was able to finish her latest baby jacket for her while we visited her there. Isn't it cute? This one is already spoken for. We have not done a white one in awhile. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Grandma is doing pretty well (really exceptionally well for 103) and should get to go home on Monday. She had a nasty infection, but the IV antibiotics seem to have gotten it under control pretty quickly. She was much happier after her doctor allowed her to remove the (really tight) compression stocking from her sore ankle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I told the nurse that Grandma learned how to crochet in 1916 when her family was quarantined when her father had smallpox. She could not believe it. How many people alive have actually seen smallpox? It was eradicated in the US in 1949. One hundred three is <i>really </i>old. Remember baby Sybil on Downton Abbey? Grandma would have been old enough to babysit her!</span>Susan In Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165885066527557584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204553485003717712.post-81782940208515581152015-09-17T07:16:00.000-05:002015-09-17T07:16:18.667-05:00Dear Jane C-11, Soldiers and Sailors Monument - in Progress with Curved Seams!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">This is a tough block. I have never worked with curved seams before, and the quarter circles of C-11 have a really tight radius. I drew seam lines on both sides of the curves and used lots and lots of pins. I started pinning in the center, and used a guide pin to place each subsequent pin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had to be careful to stay on the line on the reverse side too, and to ease in the seam just enough for it to lay flat. This was a huge pain. It would have been <b>much </b>easier to applique.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The results were OK, not great, considering all those pins. I found that I had snipped too deeply on the first few seams, and the curve pivoted at the snips, messing up the smooth contour of the line. Oh well, live and learn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Harlequin-Johnny setting triangles got their curves trimmed smooth, and their edges lined with red, which was all they needed to be complete. My next step will be to put the rows of <a href="http://susanintexas.blogspot.com/2015/03/harlequin-johnnie-making-of-harlequins.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #741b47;">quilt blocks</span></a> together on point. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Susan in Texas</span>Susan In Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165885066527557584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204553485003717712.post-73764873647423153132015-09-15T13:45:00.002-05:002015-09-15T13:45:34.544-05:00Tatting Tuesday - Snow Dragon Wing DoneThe second wing of the Norwegian Snow Dragon is finally done and attached to the body! Yay!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I never did get my sewing machine out of its carrier on Friday since I spent the rest of the afternoon pinning the halves of the Grand Illusion sashing together. If you remember, <a href="http://susanintexas.blogspot.com/2015/03/bonnie-hunter-grand-illusion-clue-3.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #741b47;">Clue 3</span></a> took me a really long time to complete. I also had neglected to iron about three quarters of the many many required units, so I had to do that first before I could start pinning. I used Sheila's vintage Shark brand iron and was it ever nice and hot!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I completed the next task on the <a href="http://susanintexas.blogspot.com/search/label/Harlequin-Johnny" target="_blank"><span style="color: #741b47;">Harlequin-Johnny</span></a> setting triangles<span style="color: #351c75;"> </span>last night. The <a href="http://susanintexas.blogspot.com/2015/09/harlequin-johnny-finally-finished.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #741b47;">triangles</span></a> are now edged in red and the scallops have been neatly trimmed. They look SO much better, but I do not have pictures of them yet, so that will have to wait until Wednesday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Susan in Texas</span>Susan In Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165885066527557584noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204553485003717712.post-9066471649167389172015-09-13T15:18:00.000-05:002015-09-20T09:42:48.951-05:00Six on Sunday - Week 18<span style="font-size: large;">This weekend, we turned our focus to our pantry, which had gotten terribly disorganized. We neglected to take a "before" picture, but we did take a snap of the stuff we decided to throw away or empty out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are keeping the utensils in this picture, but all the boxes, cans, and contents must go! There are probably a month's worth of Six on Sunday items here, but we'll just count them as a day's worth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We also neglected to capture a weight for these items, but it was heavy enough to split a lawn-and-leaf trash bag! We had to quickly get a second bag around it to keep it from spilling everything onto the kitchen floor. And get out the vacuum cleaner to clean up what did.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We still need to pull out the stuff on the floor of the pantry, sweep it out, and restore it after a thoughtful sorting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday the Bee Blanketeers had a project day with lots of fun, good food and yes, some work did get accomplished! Here, Sheila can be seen holding up a recent group project. She and Rachel and another Blanketeer exchanged scraps and made this festive quilt top.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a terrific potluck. As I recall, Gerri asked for Virginia's breakfast casserole recipe, which is already on the blog <a href="http://susanintexas.blogspot.com/2009/02/virginias-hash-brown-quiche-recipe.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>here</b></span></a>.</span>Susan In Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165885066527557584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204553485003717712.post-35809747411825370742015-09-10T08:02:00.003-05:002015-09-10T08:02:43.666-05:00Dear Jane - Patriot's Lantern Complete<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">It was wonderful to get back to Dear Jane. I love these little blocks! I prepared the applique for C-9, Jane's Tears, using the method described on <a href="http://estheraliu.blogspot.com/2011/02/applique-by-freezer-paper.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #351c75;">Esther's Quilt Blog</span></a>. Instead of basting down the edges, she uses freezer paper and starch. I sprayed a little starch into the cap of the spray bottle, then used a small brush to apply the starch to the edges before ironing. This method works very well; with the edges staying crisply folded under after the freezer paper is removed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now I just have to stitch the applique to the ground. I saved this hand-work for tomorrow's Blanketeer project day. I also hope to make some serious progress on <a href="http://susanintexas.blogspot.com/search/label/Grand%20Illusion" target="_blank"><span style="color: #351c75;">Grand Illusion</span></a> tomorrow also.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have already completed C-10, Patriot's Lantern. This block has so much white in it that it was a mistake to use medium grey thread in the bobbin. I think it made dark shadows along the seams, which make it seem slightly dirty. That's one mistake I will not make again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This paper piecing was so easy. The outer edges do not have a single matching seam. I just aligned the ends and sewed away. This block will not stay ironed. The sides are not actually crooked, they are just curling upwards.</span>Susan In Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165885066527557584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204553485003717712.post-88141187673701409332015-09-09T07:54:00.001-05:002015-09-09T07:54:21.513-05:00Must crochet faster!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Grandma finished a second baby jacket and I hadn't even finished the first one yet. I finally got the lavender jacket edged Saturday night while visiting with Grandma. Her ribbon supply was getting low after making so many jackets, so Larry and I hit Hobby Lobby on our way to Shreveport and picked up a selection of pastels. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is always lots of yarn left (from two skeins) after making this pattern. At my suggestion, Grandma combined the pink and variegated yarns to make this darling little jacket. I edged all around the top, arms and front with the variegated yarn, which was then almost completely used up. I edged the bottom in the pink. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I really like how mixing up the edgings unifies the design. I had just enough yarn leftover to make a little variegated rosette to pull it all together. I think this pink jacket might be my favorite one yet. It was certainly the most fun to work on, and it definitely doesn't look like it was made to use up leftovers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Larry and I are just a couple of enablers. We made another trip to Hobby Lobby after we got home to buy more variegated yarn for Grandma. Now she can use up more partial skeins. I think there is more crocheting in my future - at least I have gotten much faster! </span>Susan In Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165885066527557584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204553485003717712.post-42094706269462681872015-09-08T11:46:00.002-05:002015-09-08T11:46:34.939-05:00Tatting Tuesday - Almost Ready to Fly<span style="font-size: large;">The second wing on the Snow Dragon is ready to be joined to the body and worked through the last row.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course, this work would go faster if I wouldn't make so many mistakes....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Susan In Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165885066527557584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204553485003717712.post-51668682121498863492015-09-06T21:09:00.001-05:002015-09-06T21:09:29.988-05:00Six on Sunday - Week 17<span style="font-size: large;">Back up in the attic again, another box of old computer books for review.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A lot of these books are computer textbooks from when I was in college (back in the Dark Ages). The rest are Apple Macintosh books, which would make them "only" 20 years old or so.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also in the box was a bag of old personal organizer pages, again from 20 years ago. Why I've kept them, I have no earthly idea; by this time, all of the information on them is very likely to be obsolete. Certainly I don't need my to-do lists from two decades ago! I guess it's a case of "out of sight, out of mind"; once it's tucked away in a box in the attic, don't give it another thought.</span><br />
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<br />Susan In Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165885066527557584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204553485003717712.post-68643726878812579872015-09-04T16:50:00.003-05:002015-09-04T16:50:35.874-05:00Harlequin-Johnny - Finally Finished Finally finished piecing the arcs for the Harlequin-Johnny quilt.<br />
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Now I think I'll do a nice Dear Jane block or two.<br />
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<br />Susan In Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165885066527557584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204553485003717712.post-5819905536124011432015-09-01T12:28:00.001-05:002015-09-01T12:28:11.844-05:00Tatting Tuesday - Second Wing ProgressProgress on the second wing of the Snow Dragon is pretty slow. <br />
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It is quite a complicated pattern, and easy to go astray. But I think I'm getting comfortable with the pattern, if I would only stop making mistakes.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am deep into paper-piecing the Harlequin-Johnny piano key setting triangles. What a lot of work this has turned out to be. Confusing too. I'm trying to keep the colors in the right order, you can see my cheat sheet taped to the sewing machine for easy reference.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had to cut lots and lots of strips, all about 1.5" wide, but of varying lengths. All told, I need strips of seven different lengths. I am running low on several of the fabrics. That lonely pale turquoise strip in the middle of the cutting board is my very last piece of turquoise. I am cutting it VERY close. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm doing all strips of the same length at the same time, starting at one edge and moving across the paper. Here I have all the strips of a single length sorted in order, waiting to be paper-pieced to the setting triangles. They don't look like they are the same length, do they? Well, at least they need to cover the same amount of paper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And here is my least favorite task: ironing the strips after they have been sewn. I'm sewing a strip to each of the sixteen setting triangles, then trimming all 16, then ironing all 16. Lather, rinse repeat. It is interesting to see the sets grow, but argh! There are thirteen strips per setting triangle. They are too large for my Clover craft iron, so I am moving the whole bunch to the ironing board between sewing on each strip. I am ready to be done with these.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Susan in Texas</span>Susan In Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165885066527557584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204553485003717712.post-24190532219266943852015-08-30T13:50:00.001-05:002015-08-30T13:50:15.485-05:00Six on Sunday - Week 16<span style="font-size: large;">I went up into the attic for Six on Sunday this week, to look through some racks of old clothing we had put up there years ago. Essentially all of the clothing up there was Susan's, so I brought some down, and she picked the items to let go of. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since there weren't enough of my items to discard, I also pulled down a box of old computer stuff. Some of the disks were for my old Apple IIe, which must make them nearly 30 years old! Even if I still had a working 5.25-inch floppy drive, the information on them has probably long since been randomized by the heat of the attic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And, as a bonus, I also get to throw away an old, decrepit box!</span><br />
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