tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56223574544400460682012-02-16T07:14:59.011-06:00My quest to become a master quilter...Tamerahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235847159519699noreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622357454440046068.post-5377525167142297332010-12-31T07:23:00.001-06:002011-01-31T07:34:09.916-06:00

Well, I'm not sure if anyone is checking in on my, but I just want you all to know that I haven't given up. I do have lots of plans for 2011, but a big part of them include Quilter's Academy. I don't know if I can finish Volume 1 and 2 before Volume 3 comes out, but I am at least going to finish Volume 1 before the April release date. I see that everyone else that I'm keeping tabs on is still

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There are two different quilts in Class 130...actually, they aren't really different, but the way that you do them is different. In the first one, Harriet's Woodland Winter Quilt, you cut the squares to match the Rail Fence blocks. In the second one, Carrie's Cowboy Corral Quilt, you cut the squares and then figure out how big you need to make the Rail Fence blocks. I don't have a lot of focus

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Get Latest Greetings,Scraps

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I'm working on the first clue of Bonnie Hunter's new mystery quilt. It's actually designed to be cut from scraps, but I'm cutting it from fat quarters, so I am tearing the edge of each fat quarter and cutting 2" strips from them, measuring them when the first two strips are sewn together and then correcting what needs to be corrected and adding the third strip. It's slow going, BUT, I know that

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First of all, I found another fellow Hargraver. Secondly, I used up my first (of many) cans of Faultless starch. Hope you all have a quilty day!

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I finished the middle of Harriet's Woodland Winter Quilt yesterday. It took me most of the day. I kept thinking along the way that had I been doing it "my" way, I would have finished in about half the time. It made me think about The Process Pledge which is a movement that strives to encourage others to blog about the process of quilting instead of just about the finished quilt. The goal of

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Well, I have quite a few projects that I need to be working on, but my Quilter's Academy Adventure still continues. I decided to use Harriet's methods to do the blocks. I wanted to do some Block Lotto blocks, and this month is Quilter's Choice.  Our blocks are to be 12" finished with a center block of purple and white that is 8" finished. First of all, I drafted my own patterns for the blocks

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Oh my gosh, it really works! I just finished working through the first six lessons and completed the sampler quilt blocks. This is how they turned out. Kinda cute...but here's the AMAZING thing! This section of the quilt is supposed to measure EXACTLY 14" square...AND IT DOES! Just in case you're not sure...here's a close-up. I've never had something come out that close!  I guess this stuff

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I'm a forty-something Mom, and I've spent quite a bit of time learning about myself over the years, lol. You know that some people really don't know themselves very well, right?  As a physician, I saw it all the time in the office.  There are just tricks that certain personality types should be using, but most people don't really know what personality type they are, let alone what tricks work

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I just finished the fifth Twister quilt top that I've sewn in the last couple of weeks. This last one was a bit different, though. This one was AH (after Harriet) and I used starch when pressing each seam. Oh My Gosh! Starch is my friend. Starch is to fabric like a dressage whip is to a horse...it makes the fabric BEHAVE! If you've ever made a Twister quilt, you know that when you are

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OK, I have to 'fess up!  I didn't get my quilting practice done yesterday. I got so focused on finishing up another project that I didn't take the time for quilting practice...MY BAD! Anyway, I used the excuse that I would have to move my machine (10 WHOLE FEET) to my hubby's desk because when I FMQ (free motion quilt) on the table that my machine sits on now, it almost vibrates right off the

Tamerahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235847159519699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622357454440046068.post-31189232447716804502010-11-11T05:38:00.000-06:002010-11-11T05:38:48.632-06:00

It's amazing the things that I am noticing now that I've taken a class from HH (Harriet Hargrave, lol). I'm noticing that the fabric isn't on the straight grain. It's a subtle thing, and I know that I cannot describe it here, but it's making me unsettled. When I'm sewing seams, I've noticed that the fabric acts squirrelly...it shifts all by itself. Starch helps a little, but I'm learning that

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Day 4 of FMQ (Free Motion Quilting) practice. I'm finding that there are definitely two different kinds of FMQ.  I cannot remember what HH (Harriet Hargrave) called them, or if she had a name, but there's a difference between FMQ when you follow lines and when you just doodle it out of your head. Up until this point, I've been just doodling out of my head, and I have to say that I'm getting

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I looked at two different portable tables that are available online.  Bernina doesn't have a cabinet that's specifically for the Bernina machine that I know of...at least not a portable (translate affordable, he he he) one. The brand that you may have heard of is SewEzi.  I've seen ads for these tables in nearly every quilting magazine I pick up for the last several years. I can't speak

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Not only am I working through Harriet's Quilter's Academy, I'm also working to become a better machine quilter. I made a commitment to myself to go through the exercises that she teaches in her Heirloom Quilting Class every day for 30 days in a row.  This is Day Three. Since I was out of practice squares, I needed to make some more. So, I thought, "I'll just get this done as quickly as

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So, I've been cutting fabric this afternoon. Harriet recommends a specific way to cut fabric which is perhaps a bit different from the way that most people cut fabric. You'll need to know first a little of my history. I have TONS of fabric.  I know, I know, most of us do. MOST of my fabric is in fat quarters.  I would say that 90% of my fabric is fat quarters. Harriet recommends tearing your

Tamerahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235847159519699noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622357454440046068.post-14885956697228668942010-11-08T10:58:00.003-06:002010-11-11T05:43:38.027-06:00

...for my Bernina.  Right now, it's sitting on a plastic folding table, and there's two things wrong with that... It's too high It vibrates the h*** out of the table, lol The table just about jumps around the room when I'm FMQ (free motion quilting) with it, lol. Of course, I COULD try FMQ on my Janome, but I'm afraid of it still, lol. OK, Tamera.  Just BUCK UP!

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There are at least two other women who are working through Quilter's Academy and blogging about it. One is in Tazmania and her blog is called Blockhead.  She's been doing this for quite a while and she's on book 2.  I haven't had time to read through all of it, but what I've read is awesome. The other one I found is AZ Quilting Journey and she just started in September. Also, my best friend (

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You know the definition of character?  Hyrum W. Smith says: Character is the ability to carry out a worthy decision after the emotion of making that decision has passed.So, the question is, do I have the character to carry out my decision to become a better quilt maker?  I guess we'll see.  As my mom used to say, "You'll just have to hide 'n' watch!" So, in addition to trying to work through the

Tamerahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235847159519699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622357454440046068.post-20243236228841142842010-11-07T22:06:00.002-06:002010-11-11T05:40:13.450-06:00

OK!  I need another project like I need a hole in the head!  But this is important. How many of you have heard Harriet Hargrave?  How many of you have taken one of her classes?  How many of you have heard of her Quilter's Academy series? Well, I just took her Heirloom Quilting class.  Oh My Gosh!  If you EVER get a chance to take this class (or any of her other classes for that matter), please

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