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Tuesday, June 7, 2011
WIP Wednesday #30
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Warm Cool Quilt AlongJeni from In Color Order is having a Warm Cool Quilt Along. Since I've always wanted to do a value quilt—and since I seem to be obsessively joining every quilt-along on the Interwebs—I jumped on board for this one too. My original plan was to do the baby size, using as many scraps as possible.
But as I was going through my scrap bins and cutting the squares, I realized something. There will be scraps in this quilt from every sewing project I've ever worked on. Many of my favorite fabric lines will be represented in this quilt. I'm even using my most treasured scraps, from lines I love but never had much of in the first place (hello, Neptune). It's my very own I-Spy quilt. I spy Katie Jump Rope! I spy Park Slope! I spy Single Girl scraps! I spy scraps from Miss C.'s baby quilt! So for all of those reasons and more, I think it could be destined to be one of my all-time favorite quilts. And that means I would be kicking myself I didn't make the lap-size version.
But obviously I couldn't make the lap-size entirely from scraps, so back to the stash I went. My new goal was to repeat as few prints as possible. So here are all of my cool-color squares, some from scraps and some from my stash, all ready to be HST'd. There are 176 squares, from 128 different prints! It's hard to believe I came up with so many. I didn't have to repeat any of the blues! And my warm prints are stacked up on the cutting table, ready to go next. There are 105 of those, so there will be a total of 232 prints in this quilt! My sewing room looks like it's been ransacked—my entire stash is out on the floor. : )
3x6 bee blocksAnother scrap/stash project on the way to being complete. I'm making the herringbone block I designed for the Designer Challenge in Issue 5 of Fat Quarterly. You'll find a tutorial for this block there.
Ongoing projects:Secret project
This one's moving right along! Top's almost complete.
Completed tops awaiting quilting:
Hope Valley (the original Supernova)
Completed quilts awaiting binding:
Modern Meadow
On hold:
Figgy Pudding quilt
Wonky Log Cabin
This week's stats:
New projects - 2
Completed projects - 2 (May bee blocks and teacher gifts)
Currently in progress - 10
You know what to do! Let's see those links. Happy Wednesday!
33 comments:
- Megan said...
Looks like you have a fab list going--as always. I SERIOUSLY need to get back at making a list! This are getting a little out of control over here. :)
- June 7, 2011 at 10:20 PM
- Linz said...
Aww! You are going to LOVE that scraptastic lap quilt! It looks amazing so far! Can't wait to see the secret project!! Happy WiP Wednesday!! :)
- June 7, 2011 at 11:37 PM
- KimT said...
nice work Lee. I think the scrap quilt will be fantastic and I really like all the fabrics in the herring bone blocks.On another note, how did the potty training go? I still have not started yet!
- June 7, 2011 at 11:43 PM
- Marci Girl said...
I love your "eye spy" version of a quilt! Too cute! Do tell...how is the potty training going? I need to do the exact same thing....
- June 8, 2011 at 12:21 AM
- Live a Colorful Life said...
I seem to be obsessively joining quilt-alongs too! Love your warm-cool fabric selection so far--it's going to be awesome. I had an idea, but now may have changed direction, just like I did with Supernova--um, I should post a picture of that change...even if it's just a stack of fabric, huh?
- June 8, 2011 at 12:21 AM
- Jenniffier said...
Thanks once again for hosting this. Glad to see you back. Your bee blocks look great and so do your color choices for your newest QAL!
- June 8, 2011 at 1:21 AM
- Kerstin said...
I love the warm/cool blocks so far! But do tell, how did the potty training go?
- June 8, 2011 at 2:26 AM
- Inspiredbyfelix said...
I love the idea of your value quilt and have SERIOUS stash envy!! It's going to be glorious, I know it!
- June 8, 2011 at 4:09 AM
- Becky said...
oh that warm cool quilt is going to be so fun! Love that it will have so many different fabrics in it! And your 3x6 blocks look awesome.
- June 8, 2011 at 5:45 AM
- Elizabeth D. said...
Oh, man, you're making me want to cave and do a bigger warm/cool quilt now!!!!!!!!!!!! I love the idea of using all your scraps for this one, and your scraps are just fantastic :) Your 3x6 blocks are looking great, too!!
- June 8, 2011 at 5:47 AM
- Tiffany said...
I really want to do the warm/cool quilt along but don't have any time for new projects until July. Look forward to watching yours come together tho!
- June 8, 2011 at 6:17 AM
- Katie B. said...
I've been trying to resist the warm/cool quilt-along, but seeing your stack is making my resolve falter!
- June 8, 2011 at 6:51 AM
- Marjorie said...
Oh Lee; I laove your Herringbone pattern...the colours..just everything about it...
- June 8, 2011 at 6:56 AM
- LynCC said...
Love your warm/cool blocks. This is a TOUGH one for me to pass over. Glad I have my insane UFO list on my sidebar to look at in moments of weakness. ;D
- June 8, 2011 at 7:11 AM
- Megan said...
Those herringbone blocks are so cute!! Good for you for putting some of your most treasured fabric to work in the I spy quilt! It's tough for me to make that leap sometimes.
- June 8, 2011 at 7:16 AM
- CityHouseStudio said...
Your herringbone blocks are wonderful!
And now I'm tempted to join the warm/cool HST quiltalong, too! I'll have to go check it out!
- June 8, 2011 at 7:30 AM
- Debbie said...
Wow, your Value quilt will be great! What a lovely bunch of projects you have going!
- June 8, 2011 at 7:36 AM
- Jessica said...
Wow! Isn't it crazy how quickly you can accumulate fabric?? I love your warm/cool quilt along, that will be a beauty, and a "fabric eye spy" how fun!
- June 8, 2011 at 8:04 AM
- nerospostandpatch said...
Hi Lee! That is going to be amazing and fantastic quilt! It sounds great to have so much different fabrics in it! It's going to be a real memory quilt to you!
Have a lovely day and thank you for hosting this lovely 'meeting'!
xxx Teje
- June 8, 2011 at 8:11 AM
- Sandy said...
I'm enjoying all the beautiful colors in your fabrics. The pillow turned out fabulous.
- June 8, 2011 at 8:50 AM
- Wandering Minstrel said...
What great projects! (I'm saving 2 1/2-inch squares from each project I make, with the intent that I'll make a hexie quilt that'll be a 'history of me' quilt, much like your value quilt will be a history for you, too. I love the idea!)
- June 8, 2011 at 9:11 AM
- Jennifer said...
I love your herringbone blocks! They are beautiful!
- June 8, 2011 at 10:21 AM
- quirky granola girl said...
those treasured scraps will make the best quilt for you. i look forward to more photos of it :)
- June 8, 2011 at 10:39 AM
- Barbara said...
Oh I'm in LOVE with the herringbone block...so gorgeous.
- June 8, 2011 at 11:20 AM
- Eleni said...
Those herringbone blocks look stunning!!! I can't even dare to make this block, I'm so intimidated!!! I truly believe that your new quilt will be amazing!!! 128 prints????? I can't wait to see it:)
- June 8, 2011 at 11:22 AM
- Melinda said...
I know what you mean about a lap full of quilt alongs. I'm there! Love the colors for your value quilt. I may have to check that one out... (no, no, stop, don't do it!....)
- June 8, 2011 at 11:29 AM
- Marsha S said...
The Bee squares are so pretty!
I was going to skip this week because there's been so much going on...but at the last minute I put together projects I want to get going on (and the photo of my new grandbaby) and decided to go ahead and post.
- June 8, 2011 at 12:37 PM
- Mari Angeles Iglesias said...
Hi Lee.
I love your works are very colorful. I also really like the links you place. Thanks.
Greetings from Granada, Spain, from espiralcaracola.blogspot.com
Patchwork from the Alpujarra "
- June 8, 2011 at 2:16 PM
- Laura said...
Now that's what I call a fabric stash! Gotta love it! That's not so bad, completing two projects and starting two more - at least you broke even!
- June 8, 2011 at 2:54 PM
- Kristen said...
That is going to be one seriously beautiful quilt!
- June 8, 2011 at 3:21 PM
- My Sweet Prairie said...
should I ?
shouldn't I?
I joined in.. though there's no quilt to show. Just a bunch of talk. ; ) Hope that's okay.
DAMN wish I could come to sewing summit! Too bad it's our Thanksgiving Weekend. :( uuuugh that sucks.
p.s. The herringbone is BEAUTIFUL!!!!
: )
- June 8, 2011 at 3:24 PM
- Becky said...
You sound so excited! Can't wait to see it all done!!
- June 8, 2011 at 4:02 PM
- Kate S. said...
Your warm cool quilt looks like its going to be gorgeous, that is so fun how it will be your personal i spy :) I love how I can tuck bits of favorite fabrics into different quilts. And looking forward to quilting along with you in Elizabeth's Kaleidoscope QAL!
- June 8, 2011 at 11:08 PM


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Fifth-Ranked Tigers Feel Content After Senior Day Win Over No. 6 Brown
Fifth-ranked Princeton didn't need a victory Saturday morning to be considered contenders for the 2014 EARC Championship, but it sure won't hurt the confidence heading towards Lake Quinsigamond. The Tigers regained the Content Cup for the first time since 2011 and sent its seniors out victorious during a morning victory over sixth-ranked Brown.
Seniors like Dave Mackasey and Will Gillis weren't even eligible to race in the varsity eight as freshmen in 2011, so this was their last opportunity to hoist the final trophy of the regular season, and they weren't about to let that opportunity slip away.
"It was a fun race today," Mackasey said. "It's always good to go out and get the last one at home. We train a lot of long hours for a few precious moments, so I think the seniors took a few minutes today to really let our last race at home soak in. Winning is always fun, but doing it in front of friends, family, and alumni at home on Lake Carnegie is a pretty cool and special feeling."
The win culminates a tough week of training, both because of past results and brutal weather. Princeton had lost back-to-back races to No. 4 Harvard and No. 3 Yale, and it was determined to fix the slow starts that had hurt the boat in both races. That work — which came during flood-bearing storms during the middle of the week — paid dividends as Princeton got out early and held off the Bears.
"This was a big win for us this morning against a strong crew and one that our boat really needed," Mackasaey said. "After two tough weeks at Harvard and at home last weekend against Yale we returned to the basics this week in practice and were able to find some good boat speed. We strung together a good piece from start to finish, getting out of the blocks quick and maintaining the lead throughout.
"Brown put up a strong fight and we are happy to have held off their pushes in the second half of the race to regain the Content Cup," he added. "Overall, the team is happy with how our boats stepped up and performed today on all levels."
Princeton won in 5:31.9, more than four seconds faster than Brown (5:36.3). The Princeton second varsity also won by about four seconds, giving it two straight winning weekends heading into Sprints (May 18). Brown took victories in both the 3V and 4V races.
Princeton has now won the Content Cup nine times, a stretch that includes the 2006 season. That team also won the Eastern Sprints/Ivy League championship, a feat the current Tigers hope to match in two weeks. While Harvard and Yale may enter as favorites, Princeton knows that there are several boats — including both Content Cup participants — who could be strong factors in the final 500 meters.
"This was definitely a big win for us against a fast, mature crew," Mackasey said. "This win shows that across the board we can hang with the top programs. We'll enjoy it for the next few hours, but it's back to work tomorrow. With only two weeks until the Eastern Sprints, there's still plenty of work to be done."
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Brown 5:36.3
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Brown 5:44.0
Brown 1F 5:47.7
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Princeton 5:51.9
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Amid the more publicized concerns about fire danger and possible charter violations, another fear about the USA Pro Cycling Challenge has been quietly rising among Boulder cycling enthusiasts -- that race organizers will skip the city in future years.
"If they don't come back next year, I hope it's not because of how a small minority of citizens behaved," said Stephen Sparn, a Boulder architect and avid cyclist. "The majority of the citizens are really looking forward to this and really excited."
It's a worry shared by many race backers in a city that was deeply disappointed not to get a stage of the elite cycling race last year.


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Rolling Stones: 50 Years of Satisfaction is the Museum's first ever major exhibition capturing the band's legendary career spanning more than 50 years. It includes personal items and extraordinary collections that have never been seen before by the public. The exhibit will be open till March 2014.
"The Rolling Stones are the epitome of rock and roll," said Greg Harris, president and CEO of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. "This first-ever exhibit gives us an opportunity to tell the story of one of the definitive rock and roll bands. The experience should be on every music fan's destination list this summer."
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum presents Rolling Stones: 50 Years of Satisfaction is a comprehensive retrospective exhibit that chronicles the band from the mid-1960s until today. The exhibit, which takes up two-and-a-half floors of the Museum, celebrates the Rolling Stones' incredible contribution to popular music from their earliest days playing small clubs, to their era-defining recordings such as "Gimme Shelter," "Paint It Black," "Jumping Jack Flash," "Tumbling Dice," "It's Only Rock And Roll" and sold-out global tours. Through the use of artifacts, film, text and interactive technology, generations of music fans will have the opportunity to get up close and personal with rare items from nearly every aspect of the Stones' astonishing five decades at the top.
Throughout the exhibition's run, the Museum will host a range of free public programs that explore the significance and legacy of the Rolling Stones, including interviews, films and special lectures.
For the first time, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum has launched a fan-generated interactive exhibition, inviting people from all over the world to share their photos of memorabilia, artwork, Rolling Stones concerts and more that will populate a multimedia display in the Museum's Rolling Stones exhibit as well as online.
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Ellas Bates McDaniel - a.k.a. Bo Diddley - is born in McComb, Mississippi.
Bo Diddley recorded his monumental first single, "Bo Diddley" b/w "I'm a Man," on Checkers Records. It tops the R&B chart for two weeks.
Bo Diddley makes his network TV debut on The Ed Sullivan Show,
Bo Diddley's "Pretty Thing" becomes a Top Forty hit. One of his best-known numbers, the song will inspire a British band to name itself the Pretty Things.
Bo Diddley enters the pop Top Forty his one and only time with "Say Man," a novelty number in which he and maracas player Jerome Green trade good-natured insults.
Two Great Guitars, credited to Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry, is released. It includes two lengthy guitar jams between those rock and roll legends.
Bo Diddley releases The Originator, an album whose title reflects his rightful conviction that he was a rock and roll pioneer.
The Super Blues Band, a collaboration between Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley and Little Walter, is released on Checkers Records.
Britain's rising punk-rock stars The Clash kick off their first U.S. tour with rock and roll pioneer Bo Diddley as their handpicked opening act.
Bo Diddley is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the second annual induction dinner. The members of ZZ Top are his presenters.
Bo Diddley and Ron Wood – a.k.a. the Gunslingers - finish a North American tour with a show in New York. A recording of that performance is released as Live at the Ritz.
Bo Diddley appears in a popular Nike commercial in which he tells baseball great Bo Jackson, "Bo, you don't know Diddley."
Bo Diddley receives the Lifetime Achievement Award at the seventh annual Rhythm and Blues Foundation Pioneer Awards in Los Angeles.
Bo Diddley's A Man Among Men, his first major-label album in many years, is released on Code Blue/Atlantic. Renowned rockers, including Keith Richard and Ron Wood, contribute to it.
Bo Diddley dies at age 79 of heart failure at his home in Archer, Florida.