Hip to be a Square Podcast - Episode 15

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It's Return of the Helper Cat! Zapper makes her presence known, and I need to wash my microphone. I talk about the Groundhog Day quilt I'm making, little green men, magazine clean-outs, and some feedback I'm soliciting.

**DOOT DOOT DOOT**BREAKING NEWS**

I had to take my daughter to her 5 year check up this afternoon, so I'll get my links and pictures posted this evening. Sorry about the delay. The good news is, I kept her alive another year! Sadly, another houseplant bit the dust in that year. I'd still call it a win.

Crisis Averted! Here's the show notes:

The Marketplace: Handwork of India project info can be found here. And here are the blocks I made from my scraps (I made two of the one on the left):

Here's my Saturday Sampler block from Tiny Stitches:

Groundhog Day blocks from the Random Reflections pattern:

 

The polls I mentioned are on the sidebar to the left.  I'll have a picture of the hankie and potential coordinating fabric up shortly.

Layer Cake Quilt Along - Block 7

I dipped into my stash of white (graph paper-y) yardage to do the outer "bars". I might like the look of a darker border to frame it, but I think I'll be using the lime grunge print for the sashing so it'll come out okay.

I almost passed out when I saw how well I did on the points. Hooray for precision piecing!

Hip to be a Square Podcast - Episode 14

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It's the downercast! I am bummed, and have not accomplished much. To keep my bummed out mood from spreading too much, I keep it short.

I've just realized I called Colleen "Connie". Sorry about that, Colleen, and thank you again for the input on the knee lift.

Here is Zoom eying my hand-quilting frame (while laying on the AMQG donation quilt I need to put the sleeve on):

 

And here's a close-up of my snail-pace hand-quilting:

Hip to be a Square - Episode 13

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Greetings from Hothlanta! I survive the SNOWPACOLYPSE, and focus on hand-sewing, rocking like the Ma Ingalls in the wilderness.

My "January/February" quilt, in honor of my Grama Eddie, whose favorite color was red. I love that red toile!

The scraps I submitted for the AMQG scrap project exchange:

Welcome to Hothlanta

Ya'll, I am at the end of day 3 of SNOWMAGGEDON here in the Atlanta area. Thursday is also a snow day officially, and I suspect the counties are just going to chuck it all and call school off for Friday as well since Monday is already a holiday. I am fortunate that the roads were clear enough to get the kids to my in-laws to give everyone a break, because while the SNOWPOCALYPSE canceled school and many businesses, I work from home. My new co-workers are not exactly conducive to productivity.

I will surely be podcasting on Friday if only for the human contact. I haven't left the house since sometime on Sunday.

Stay safe and warm! And sane.

P.S. - Send thread and liquor.

Hip to be a Square - Episode 12

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I talk about Christmas cooking (alien poop trifle, anyone?), quilty gifts given and received, my picnic quilt, and some book recommendations and iPod tips.

Books mentioned in the podcast:

• It's a Wrap II
• Eragon, by Christopher Paolini
• The Pendragon series, by DJ MacHale
• Playing for Keeps, by Mur Lafferty (trade paperback or free podcast)

Picnic quilt:

Corner "pocket" - the pocket is just sewn in with the binding to make a place to slip a rock or some sand in to keep the quilt from flipping up in the wind.

Notepad Covers:
Miscellaneous teacher and relative gifts:

Vampire cover for my niece (teeth come from the paper pieced blocks at sewhooked.org)

Nook covers for my mom (Standing pattern here, and side flap cover inspired by this one)