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Becky
Quilter, better known as half of the Piece O' Cake Designs team.
Interests: Family, friends, quilting,sewing, art, craft
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And he wears them!
A short post…
…for my vertebrate biology students, as a follow up to the recent post about Pinnacles National Park. The image below was taken by an Austin College alumna, at a National Park Service facility, sometime in the past. The vertebrate biology student who gets closest to a) where and b) when this ima...
Its a button, up near the top. It looks like a thought bubble that you might see in a cartoon. Ill see if I cant make it more prominent.
It's a giveaway AND my blog is moving...
My blog has moved—I have packed my posts and moved them to Wordpress. Yay! All of my posts from Typepad have followed me there. Yay, again! If you follow my blog via email, and you want to continue to do that, be sure to click the 'follow Piece O' Cake blog' button on the new blog. But now, you...
Be sure to leave your comment on the NEW blog! Sorry to make you click again :-).
Becky
It's a giveaway AND my blog is moving...
My blog has moved—I have packed my posts and moved them to Wordpress. Yay! All of my posts from Typepad have followed me there. Yay, again! If you follow my blog via email, and you want to continue to do that, be sure to click the 'follow Piece O' Cake blog' button on the new blog. But now, you...
Im not surprised... JoAnns and other stores are likely to have stock of it. What they tell me, though, is that there wont be more coming when this is gone. Of course, thats now—it could change if the manufacturer decides to make it again.
Magenta!
I subscribe to Now I Know, written by Dan Lewis. I get an interesting email about 5 days a week and on Feb. 4 I learned more about magenta. We all know that magenta fits in between red and blue, so why don't we see it in a rainbow? Now I know! The short story is that when visible light is bro...
Yes, I do think you are going to love having the clamps! They make me happier when I am machine quilting :-).
Becky
I'm still quilting...
Quilt market is practically here and I'm not ready!!! Can you me taking deep, calming breaths? I did finish the quilting on this one and I took a photo of the quilt clamps in use that I thought I'd share: This quilt is not that big and there were times when I had to have some of it hanging off...
Whats coming is a book on color and how to use it in quilts and it is my hope that it is a very good book. You all will be the ones to decide that :-).
I'm back!
I can't tell you how happy I am to report that the color book quilts are made and quilted, and the manuscript is finished. I'm smiling, Steve is smiling, I heard my first cardinal of the year this morning and the sun is shining! Oh happy day! I have been working non-stop on this book for more...
I have to say that it really is looking good :).
How to decide...
I'm quilting the last big quilt for the Color book. Before I could begin, I had to figure out what pattern to quilt into it. I pinned vinyl over a block and started doodling. First I tried a curvy pattern with some flow. Not a stipple, but something maybe with leaves or curls, or flowers... ...
Its going to be fun!
Come to A Small Town Quilt Show - In A Big Town Way...
Have you heard about this new quilt show? I'll be teaching, along with many other nationally known teachers, June 26-28. Now is the time to make plans to attend! It is going to be held in a beautiful spot, the luxurious Zermatt Resort and Spa in Midway, UT. A luxurious resort combined with q...
Hey Connie:
I didnt know youd have surgery. Im so glad you are fine! Stay that way :-).
Becky
Cute or just OK?
I've been trying to come up with an image of objects arranged to represent a color wheel. I've seen color wheels made out of sneakers, flip flops, cocktail umbrellas, hair bows... all very cute. However, I want to make one out of objects that I already I own, which is harder. So far, I've got th...
Im always happy to hear that quilters enjoy my videos! Thanks for telling me :-).
Yes, but is it art?
Steve and I have been visiting Jeff and Celia in NYC. The Guggenheim was our first museum stop. The building is famous for good reason. We all really enjoyed out time in it. Christopher Wool is the artist featured in the special exhibit now hanging along the curved walls on the walkway from floo...
Hi Cyndi:
I havent used the rulers so cant say one way or the other how they work. You might try googling Sweet Sixteen (or Handiquilter) rulers to see if anyone has written reviews that would be helpful.
Happy stitching,
Becky
The sweet sixteen....
I'm late writing this but there you go. I love my Sweet Sixteen and here's what I've learned: The key is learning how to adjust the tension. You just have to accept the fact that every time you change the top thread or bobbin, you have to sew on a test quilt and adjust the tension on top and/or...
Maybe screaming goats arent funny to everyone :-). Never having seen a goat make noise before, gotta say that they made me laugh... Im such a city girl.
Goats are funny...
Did you know that goats are a thing on the internet? The things I learn from the kids... The first video is longer, with extra goats. The best part is just after 1 minute. Here is the same video, but only the funny bit. The quality is less good, but you don't have to wait for the grins.
Hi Joie:
I know you must be irritated. I suspect that I would be too with a kit that was mis-cut. However, I have grown quite fond of the effect that this sort of thing has on a quilt. Your quilt is now subtly different from all of the other quilts made with the same kit. Youve put a bit more of yourself into it, which I think is actually a very good thing! I hope that, over time, you find yourself loving that slightly different block :-).
Becky
Ugly fabric...
I am going to start work soon on a quilt with 'ugly fabric'. This is a project I've assigned myself as a challenge and I have a problem. I don't seem to own any fabric that I think is ugly. I did buy a piece in Grand Junction that I declared ugly on the bolt. It was so bad that I bought a whole ...
Weve talked about thread basting in some books—mostly the Piecing book—but we havent really written much about it. It would make a good video. Ill add it to the list and try to get to it once I get the color book finished.
In general, I baste with a white or beige thread and a long basting needle. I take long stitches across the width of the quilt. Lines of stitches are spaced about 6 apart. Once the quilt if completely basted in one direction, I turn it and baste it lengthwise. When finished, there is a big grid of basted lines that hold the quilt sandwich together.
When quilting, I snip the threads rather than sewing over them. I remove threads as they are no longer needed.
This is a short description, but I hope it helps :-).
Becky
Sewing in the new year!
I am working on a pieced quilt based on a triadic color scheme of red, blue and yellow (the primary colors) for the color book. Red is the dominant color in this quilt, with blue and yellow accents. My first attempt (last week) produced blocks that were not what I expected. Even Steve agreed tha...
Tumblr blogs are mostly pictures and videos. Fewer words. From what I understand tumblr is gaining in popularity and I can understand why even though I dont have time to look any more cool social media sites. We quilters have other things to do with our time :-).
Looking for purple...
I have a tumblr blog, although I don't post to it often. It's one of those things I'm going to do more often "once I finish this book." (There are so many things that are on the list for then. Sigh.) Anyway, I do subscribe to a few tumblr blogs and the Monterey Bay Aquarium is one of...
Hi Vicki:
Steve and I both thread baste using a long basting needle. I dont like the pins—either curved or straight.
I use a cotton batting and have not had a problem with thread basting.
Becky
Sewing in the new year!
I am working on a pieced quilt based on a triadic color scheme of red, blue and yellow (the primary colors) for the color book. Red is the dominant color in this quilt, with blue and yellow accents. My first attempt (last week) produced blocks that were not what I expected. Even Steve agreed tha...
You have anticipated this years color better than I did :-).
Orchid?
Pantone released it's color for the new year: Radiant Orchid. Read more here. Here's a quote from the Pantone site: “While the 2013 color of the year, PANTONE 17-5641 Emerald, served as a symbol of growth, renewal and prosperity, Radiant Orchid reaches across the color wheel to intrigue the e...
Hi Cissa:
Thanks for the hint about Dawn, and the info on your Shark iron. Im sure that Ill be in the market for a new iron in a year or two... they just dont last!
I threw away the dot fabric because I just dont trust it now. Thankfully, I have other colorfast red dots that dont bleed.
Happy stitching, Becky
It started with the iron...
This post is really about bleeding fabric, but to get to that part of the story I have to start with the iron. My cheap Sunbeam iron began spitting brown stuff before Christmas so I had to buy yet another iron. If I had $1000+ to throw at an iron, I'd get a Laura Star ironing system. (You know ...
I think he might love machine quilting! Its a power tool and you know how men like a good power tool! He might really like a long arm if you have both the room and the money. Maybe you two should go to a big quilt show where several manufacturers will have their machines up and ready to try.
Sewing in the new year!
I am working on a pieced quilt based on a triadic color scheme of red, blue and yellow (the primary colors) for the color book. Red is the dominant color in this quilt, with blue and yellow accents. My first attempt (last week) produced blocks that were not what I expected. Even Steve agreed tha...
Steve only binds and bastes. Beyond that he is not interested... except to add helpful comments :-). Gotta say, they are helpful!
I hope you are warm and toasty inside. When I see the weather in Chicago and parts north, it makes me glad I live in Texas. Even when we have an ice storm its usually gone in a week. Or course, it does get hot in the summer!
Sewing in the new year!
I am working on a pieced quilt based on a triadic color scheme of red, blue and yellow (the primary colors) for the color book. Red is the dominant color in this quilt, with blue and yellow accents. My first attempt (last week) produced blocks that were not what I expected. Even Steve agreed tha...
Some quilts have already been quilted by Angela Walters but the rest Im quilting myself. I think there are 5 or 6, maybe 7 to do. I suspect that I will spend most of my time until mid-March chained to my Sweet Sixteen. There are worse things :-).
Sewing in the new year!
I am working on a pieced quilt based on a triadic color scheme of red, blue and yellow (the primary colors) for the color book. Red is the dominant color in this quilt, with blue and yellow accents. My first attempt (last week) produced blocks that were not what I expected. Even Steve agreed tha...
Yes! I did get the box of books and we were able to ship them out yesterday. Now were waiting on three more boxes. Im not sure that UPS has caught up yet, but I hope they have.
And, yes, husband-help is very nice indeed!
Sewing in the new year!
I am working on a pieced quilt based on a triadic color scheme of red, blue and yellow (the primary colors) for the color book. Red is the dominant color in this quilt, with blue and yellow accents. My first attempt (last week) produced blocks that were not what I expected. Even Steve agreed tha...
Yeah, I knew about Mesquite. But the scans show that the box has been moving around at the Sherman facility for 3 days or more. I think we have some semis parked here and the boxes dont quite make it to the delivery truck. But, theres always tomorrow :).
My box is stuck at UPS...
We have been waiting on a box of books that was shipped December 16. It should have been here on 12/20. Since we were iced in for days I was not surprised that the delivery was delayed, BUT UPS has delivered several boxes that were ordered well after that—some were ordered after Christmas! The ...
Yes, when I get to see the photos I will definitely share some of the best ones! Thanks for asking :-).
It's a bright and sunny new day!
Christmas, while amazing and wonderful, can also be stressful. There is all of the anticipation that you will have loads of fun and togetherness with family you may not see often and then—there everyone is. I hope that all of you were as lucky as we were. We did, in fact, enjoy our time together...
At this point there are more than 10 projects plus lots and lots of photos... I almost bit off more than I could chew!
People vs. Winter...
Many of us have had (and will be having) personal experience with winter scenes like this... (Thanks to George for sharing the link with me!) I've said it before and I will say it again: Falling down is BAD! Don't do it! Tomorrow, Saturday 12/21 marks the winter solstice. Steve and I are celeb...
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