tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777082361967445123.post7575034122121501154..comments2023-04-17T08:53:10.080-04:00Comments on Lakeview Stitching: Decision TimeMonicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12224346283881001640noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777082361967445123.post-46139562323727305592017-04-21T23:18:34.248-04:002017-04-21T23:18:34.248-04:00I gotta say, those hourglass blocks set half-way b...I gotta say, those hourglass blocks set half-way between are fabulous. I like hourglasses but the corners are such a challenge. Your setting avoids all those problems. <br />Thanks for mentioning the podcast and including the link. I can't listen tonight but I will tomorrow or the next day. Love your Gwennie medallion. It must make your heart sing!<br />That's a lot of half-square triangles to sew but your pink and light ones look beautiful.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777082361967445123.post-28499309824230024642017-04-08T21:47:41.832-04:002017-04-08T21:47:41.832-04:00What a great hourglass project! The fabrics and co...What a great hourglass project! The fabrics and colors just wonderful. And your Gwennie inspired quilt might just be my absolute favorite. Wowsers, it just glows with a happy vibe! I had to laugh that your quilts for use couldn't have applique. Uh oh. I'd never get to really use most of my quilts! lolaudreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18102559813211702736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777082361967445123.post-42851904696116227882017-04-02T08:18:15.611-04:002017-04-02T08:18:15.611-04:00I'll be interested to see you continue with th...I'll be interested to see you continue with those hourglass units. I have a lot of them for a big quilt half sewn together and I actually have pins stuck where the hourglass points didn't match up PERFECTLY. I wanted it to look like an inspiration quilt I had seen and it had matched point after point after point. Well, you know how far that got me...it's still sitting around all these years later. I've KIND OF moved past the matchy matchy thing so should get it out and play like you are doing. <br /><br />I don't do many art quilts. My walls are already covered with other dusty items. Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793711897790110579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777082361967445123.post-61778507683158135812017-03-30T08:46:37.796-04:002017-03-30T08:46:37.796-04:00I like your idea of what to do with The Hourglass ...I like your idea of what to do with The Hourglass blocks. It will make them much more interesting. I only have a few rows done and was just thinking the other day I should prep to make more blocks. That's where I fall down with the whole leader and ender idea. I just don't have the pieces cut and ready to go. Now to find the box that they are in.Mary Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04066177625064170284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777082361967445123.post-20954475348207376932017-03-29T17:03:14.310-04:002017-03-29T17:03:14.310-04:00I like the suckers analogy! It helps.I like the suckers analogy! It helps.Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05076197012454643657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777082361967445123.post-17133950254737848652017-03-29T12:23:23.370-04:002017-03-29T12:23:23.370-04:00No, Jillian, you were totally right with that comm...No, Jillian, you were totally right with that comment, and I was the one who hadn't read it carefully enough. I was so sure that it couldn't possibly be what you were suggesting, but obviously the designer and I have a different bias.<br /><br />I can already feel that this Use and Art distinction is helping me to prune out the dead branches. Or maybe the suckers (like on a rose bush) is a better analogy. Anyway, we'll see how it goes! Thanks, as always, for your encouragement and support. :DMonicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01596185668087389269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777082361967445123.post-39296562879114909682017-03-29T11:57:14.527-04:002017-03-29T11:57:14.527-04:00You really make me think! I have been pondering yo...You really make me think! I have been pondering your post for nearly 24 hours. I admire your clarity and decisiveness. Your response to the Canadian Women quilt is in line with my thinking. I clumsily tried to express this earlier with a comment about the requirement to be Canadian-born. I couldn't imagine that working in Australia as a criterion for "Australian women". I fully understand your abandonment.<br />What I'm not sure I could stick to is the distinction between 'for use' and 'for art'. I can see how it really helps as an organising principle and frees you to get on more productively. I'm just not sure I could keep the distinction going.i will be really interested to follow how it works out. It's certainly off to a good start.<br /><br />The hour-glass quilt looks fantastic - well done you! Thanks for posing such challenging propositions.<br /><br />Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05076197012454643657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777082361967445123.post-78088313195291622052017-03-29T11:13:40.308-04:002017-03-29T11:13:40.308-04:00Well, technically, I am playing with WIPs too! But...Well, technically, I am playing with WIPs too! But I realized that if I want to finish them, dramatic changes are needed. Pretty much every project is getting a re-think right now. Thanks, Terry! It feels good to have some forward progress on these again. :DMonicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01596185668087389269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777082361967445123.post-20316593281154911132017-03-29T10:45:09.569-04:002017-03-29T10:45:09.569-04:00Changing direction and or casting aside those proj...Changing direction and or casting aside those project that don't Insprire or bring us joy anymore can be a hard thing to do, but in in the long run, very beneficial. I really should do it more often. Thanks for your example. I love how your Gweenie quilt finished.Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04492645548495218076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777082361967445123.post-31548967526048895992017-03-29T06:06:59.937-04:002017-03-29T06:06:59.937-04:00This is such a thought-provoking post. I like how ...This is such a thought-provoking post. I like how you have worked out how to decide what you want to work on; your decisions make a lot of sense to me. I love your liberated medallion - definitely wall-worthy - and also this new hourglass piece. I like that you have ended up with some blocks offset (keeps things interesting) and am intrigued by the ideas you have for continuing. Kajahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417544341324291385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777082361967445123.post-46339820657446129082017-03-29T01:02:02.057-04:002017-03-29T01:02:02.057-04:00it is good to take time and see what and where we ...it is good to take time and see what and where we are going with our stitching, seem you are now on the right track we all tend to jump on the bandwagon and have far too much in the making. The hour glass blocks look good done this way I too like the way Gwen Marsden thinks with here improvu and have signed up for the Elm street imprvu blocks to get me going do fr 7 have been realised but so far have not one any maybe today I will have a go.<br />I do not envy you having all those HSTs to trim best of .luckmargarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14225676137708827434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777082361967445123.post-6248043612858264602017-03-28T20:42:31.628-04:002017-03-28T20:42:31.628-04:00I like your two categories of quilts! I think I ma...I like your two categories of quilts! I think I may get there sometime too; but, for now, I'm playing with WIPs and working on the "finish!" I like the looks of your hour glass improv units. Life is too short to do things that don't interest you. I'm glad you found another solution for those hour glass units!!! Go girl, go!!!! :) TerryKnott.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02797650304123541113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777082361967445123.post-40661184339896358392017-03-28T19:43:02.862-04:002017-03-28T19:43:02.862-04:00Your voice is coming through loud and clear. I lo...Your voice is coming through loud and clear. I love that you are taking something and repurposing it like the hourglass blocks. They look delightfully scrappy. I just gave away a whole set of blocks because making them was my learning process, but I had no interest in quilting them. I gave them through Cynthia,s Oephan Adoption and it feels so good. Keep up your good work, like your,terrific Gwennie.PaulaB quiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03850498636712774853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777082361967445123.post-57381844090665802802017-03-28T17:54:05.934-04:002017-03-28T17:54:05.934-04:00Yes, I showed them who's boss! LOL. I like tha...Yes, I showed <i>them</i> who's boss! LOL. I like that. Thanks, Sue! It makes sense, doesn't it, that we should at least be the boss of our own quilt. That is something that Gwen Marston is always saying too -- find your own voice.Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01596185668087389269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777082361967445123.post-44384466782540410132017-03-28T17:41:34.720-04:002017-03-28T17:41:34.720-04:00It reminds me of that (trite) saying "When li...It reminds me of that (trite) saying "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade." I like the way you have elevated the hourglasses into something likeable rather than letting them dominate you. Way to go! The hourglasses now being just a little irregular are, to me, much more charming. They remind me of the repeating patterns of Sujata Shah's quilts. Very nice!<br />Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07064704260223262652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777082361967445123.post-54425409870743353482017-03-28T16:53:49.230-04:002017-03-28T16:53:49.230-04:00Thanks for sharing your good ideas on projects.
I ...Thanks for sharing your good ideas on projects.<br />I like how your hourglass blocks have come together.Janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777082361967445123.post-30355097550127427732017-03-28T16:11:18.010-04:002017-03-28T16:11:18.010-04:00I rarely trim my HST or hourglass units and it'...I rarely trim my HST or hourglass units and it's rarely been a problem. If you cut and sew accurately or at least consistently they should all fit together anyway. I like how yours are looking, and kudos for making those sometimes difficult decisions regarding WIPs. Thanks for the links to the podcasts too; I think I might have to spend some time there!Magpie Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930036522719103192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777082361967445123.post-12578846411773688782017-03-28T13:12:11.182-04:002017-03-28T13:12:11.182-04:00We seem to be at similar life stages, Monica. I, t...We seem to be at similar life stages, Monica. I, too, started with bed quilts and agree with your classifications {and also have nowhere to hang bed size quilts.} I want to make some more detailed quilts but think they will work better on a wall quilt where they don't have so much wear-and-tear.<br />The new hourglass arrangement is so interesting, especially the offset and your idea to make several blocks of them. I'm quite intrigued how you plan to join those blocks. Several thoughts are flying around my brain. What fun for you.<br />I see the problem of the Canadian Women quilt and agree that's what happens when you use someone else's pattern. While I think every person has aspects of their personality that won't hold up well to scrutiny, I agree we need to weigh their contributions and shortcomings and always need to mention them. As Maya Angelou wrote, "When you know better, do better." Can't do that without acknowledgement.<br />It is hard to give away projects that tire us. I love the way you use them as building blocks of something new and creative. I think you are so talented that you should be creating your own original designs and letting others copy you!<br />Thanks for linking this thoughtful post with AHIQ and joining in with #AHIQChineseCoins. I love that your coins are hourglasses - so inventive.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922656955543465650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777082361967445123.post-19344801566439196342017-03-28T10:58:33.974-04:002017-03-28T10:58:33.974-04:00Great idea for your hourglass units! Trimming so m...Great idea for your hourglass units! Trimming so many of them would have been mind numbing, for sure. I was just wishing last night that I had done the hourglass learder/enders after seeing what Bonnie is doing with hers. I just finally put together my spool blocks, so I won't be doing hourglasses! It's sad to set aside a project we aren't in love with anymore, but with so many other fun things to do, it only makes sense--lol!!Karen in Breezy Pointhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04931154097211557249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777082361967445123.post-22298899341494329432017-03-28T10:26:45.780-04:002017-03-28T10:26:45.780-04:00Congratulations for calling a halt to projects you...Congratulations for calling a halt to projects you no longer love (just don't store them in the closet - pass them on to someone who is interested) AND for finding a way to use your hourglass blocks in a new way (and your i your thoughts about incorporating other pieces and parts from the stash). Your Gwennie medallion is wonderful!!Quiltdivajuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15593385265961892847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777082361967445123.post-41130697856442094282017-03-28T08:47:47.428-04:002017-03-28T08:47:47.428-04:00I never did "get" improv so have not got...I never did "get" improv so have not gotten on that band wagon. I like my points to be pointy and my corners to meet up and my applique to be easy. <br />I like your logic about the purpose of the quilt. I started making quilts to be used, then I got caught up in impulsively starting lots of popular applique quilts that are in project boxes. Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/07754244941394074550noreply@blogger.com