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I'm so excited to be doing my first Tactical Tuesdays post which I am co-hosting with the lovely Vicky from The Tactical Mummy. Please head over to my Tactical Tuesdays page where you can find all the info you need to know to get involved.
Recently Blake has started to wanting to "help" a lot around the home. This can sometimes be a good thing such as helping us put clothing in washing basket and sometimes not so good such as wanting to help with the dishwasher when sharp objects are around.
When it comes to Blake "helping" we like to make sure we give him lots of praise and encouragement. As Blake is only just over 2 and half chores don't have to be done perfectly and Blake has a sense of pride and independence from helping us. The one thing I want from Blake doing chores is that we make it fun for him.
So here are a few age appropriate chores that Blake does:
Putting away his toys
We are trying to get Blake into more of routine of helping us put away his toys and also encouraging him to have not all of toys out at once. We do have some toys that we have out most days and make sure that if they are kept out that they aren't just strewn across the floor.
Dirty clothes in the wash basket
Such a simple chore to do and Blake is now getting into a routine of putting his clothes in the basket although this does sometimes lead to him putting clean clothing and random objects into the basket he is starting to slowly get better at it.
Bringing items to us
Such as his shoes and coat when we are going out. We are also trying to get him to bring other things to us such as books and toys he wants to play with. He also sometimes get snacks out when he is hungry and brings them to us.
Filling and emptying the washing machine
Another thing Blake loves to do is fill the washing machine, shut the door, open the draw for us to put the powder in and of course press the button to turn the machine on. Once the washing is done he also loves to help empty the machine.
Brushing Teeth, washing hands etc
Blake loves cleaning his teeth we give his teeth a proper clean first and then let him have a go after. He also like's washing his hands although he does tend to get water all over the place.
What chores does your little one help out with?
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Love these! My only problem is that he tries to empty the dirty things out of the dishwasher as well. We are working on this one! #TacticalTuesdaysReplyDelete
It's so good to get children helping out with age appropriate chores. I'm a teacher and spend a lot of September teaching classroom routines and how to tidy up properly. I reap the rewards in July!ReplyDelete
My 2.5 year old daughter also wishes to help out when she's in the mood to. I let her "fold" laundry, which is just fun for me to watch. She unloads the utensils from the dishwasher, everything but the knives. And also pretends to vacuum with her minnie mouse vacuum whenever I vacuum. It's a good way to introduce her to the chore life. Lol. Looking forward to Tactical Tuesdays!ReplyDelete
I don't have children but I remember the chores I was given as a child and putting my dirty washing in the laundry basket was one of them. Was actually my favourite, because it was just over and done with in a few minutes, haha.ReplyDelete
I think that chores for toddlers is so key in allowing them to learn 'life skills' at a young age. Its good to make sure it is age appropriate like you said too xReplyDelete
My little one is almost 3 and likes to help mummy with tidying, emptying the washing machine and helping with the cooking.ReplyDelete
I find they enjoy 'helping' so much at this age, I wonder when that fades...!ReplyDelete
I'm going to be honest I don't remember doing a lot of chores as a kid but I think it's great for the little ones to learn responsibility xReplyDelete
- Anonymous22 August 2017 at 14:39
Lots of good ideas. My little girl is obsessed with putting things in the bin! I'm not sure its very hygienic but it's one of her little ways of helping out. #tacticaltuesdaysReplyDelete
It's a nice start to make our kids help with chores little by little, it will also help establish his/her sense of responsibility.ReplyDelete
My just over 2 year old loves to clean!!! give her a wet wipe or a cloth and she would clean me if I stayed still for long enough!! She's quite good at wiping the table after a meal, so this is her little job. Kate www.fivelittlestars.com #tacticaltuesdaysReplyDelete
I have always encouraged my boys to help out and have varying degrees of success with them....but i try!;)ReplyDelete
I like to get them matching the socks - that job seems to take me forever. I try and get them to do lots of little jobs with varying degrees of success #TacticalTuesdaysReplyDelete


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In this episode of the Smart City Podcast, I had a really great conversation with Dean Madison, the founder and CEO of T. D. Madison and Associates. Dean has a background in broadband and we first start talking bout IOT and the next generation of services, and how we need to start applying 21st century solutions to our current day problems. Dean is passionate about empowering cities to manage their own complex services and resources, and we also talk about the idea of buying back time and setting up the right foundational infrastructure for a Smart City.
Dean shares some of the things he's currently working on, which includes setting up this foundational infrastructure and he also talks about setting up a Smart City Ecosystem of open data to allow integration. We talk about some of the emerging trends, particularly the economic and environmental impacts of not implementing Smart city practices and finish talking about using technology instead of trying to build our way out of congestion. As always, I hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as I enjoyed making it.
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- Dean's background in the broadband industry and how that sparked his interest in the Smart City space
- The challenges cities face today and how IOT can be an opportunity to solve these challenges
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- The two foundations of a Smart city: bandwidth/capacity and the elimination of latency
- How the US is embracing this Smart City concept
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- Why we need to think differently about using technology so we stop building our way out of problems like congestion
If we stop and think about where we're going to be over the next 3 – 8 years and we look at the number of IOT devices that are going to be in the marketplace, it's just astronomical. But the reality is the IOT devices are really dependent on a very strong broadband network.
Most of us think of IOT of more of the residence — Smart lights and doorbells and things of that nature — but there is such a broad concept behind the idea of IOT. As you start to think about Cities and how they can benefit from this next generation of services, to me that is very exciting.
To me, a Smart City goes back to the citizens, and how do we, as local municipalities, provide a better quality of life for the citizens?… Their ability to get around, to have access to information, to provide parking and the most important, to maximise resources.
In the US we've had some economic downturns…and it really has stretched the resources for states as well as cities, and I would assume this is the same case all over the world. [A Smart City] is really about managing resources and at the same time really enhancing the quality of life.
To have access to technology that says 'theres a parking space open 100 feet on the right hand side' would just be incredible. To me that's what I think is the real definition as we go forward: creating more time for the citizens and to allow those individual to live a better life.
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A new discussion around whether the internet should be a utility and owned as a non-profit like water or gas or electrical, or should it still be a private endeavour funded by individuals. That's still a large debate.
Progressive leaders are looking at [the Smart solutions that are available these days] and asking how do we do better?…We can only go back to the citizens so much for additional revenue, taxations etc…cities have to become more efficient.
Technology is just technology, it's the people who bring it together.
Open data is going to be one of the biggest challenges and maybe one of the largest impediments going forward…there needs to be the capability to access [and analyse] the data, because the data is really where the answers are.
We all get fascinating about the glitzy technology and what it's capable of…what I don't think people are talking about is the economic impacts going forward.
Yes, it is about the technology. Yes, we're very passionate about that, we're very passionate about the people, but when you really get down to it, it's about creating a better environment for all of us.
We can't just keep building from 4 lanes, to 6 lanes to 8 lanes, it doesn't make any sense. We've got to figure out a better way to manage traffic flow.
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Silcrete plant fossils from Lightning Ridge, New South Wales: new evidence for climate change and monsoon elements in the Australian Cenozoic
Carpenter, RJ and Goodwin, MP and Hill, RS and Kanold, K, Silcrete plant fossils from Lightning Ridge, New South Wales: new evidence for climate change and monsoon elements in the Australian Cenozoic, Australian Journal of Botany, 59, (5) pp. 399-425. ISSN 0067-1924 (2011) [Refereed Article]
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Diverse Cenozoic (possibly latest Oligocene to midlate Miocene) macrofossils from the Lightning Ridge opal fields are illustrated and discussed. Specimens identified to, or closely comparable with, extant taxa include ferns (Lygodium, Gleichenia and others), conifers now extinct in Australia (Dacrydium, Retrophyllum and Papuacedrus), Lauraceae (Cryptocarya/Cinnamomum), sclerophyllous Proteaceae (Banksia, Lomatia and Grevillea), Cunoniaceae/Elaeocarpaceae and Eucalyptus (and/or other Myrtaceae). Overall, at least four fern, three conifer and 30 angiosperm taxa are recognised. The climate supported many species with close relatives in wet Australasian habitats, including rainforests. However, a drier or more seasonal (?monsoonal) aspect is especially indicated by the presence of lobed leaves that resemble extant species of Brachychiton (Malvaceae), Erythrina (Fabaceae) and tribe Cercideae (Fabaceae). A degree of water stress is also suggested by the prevalence of narrow, toothed and/or deeply lobed angiosperm leaves.
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Robert B. Archibald, David H. Feldman. Why Does College Cost So Much? New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. 304 S. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-974450-3.
Reviewed by Johannes Westberg
Published on H-Soz-u-Kult (February, 2012)
R. B. Archibald u.a.: Why Does College Cost So Much?
Robert Archibald's and David Feldman's book deals with a complex topic of great significance: the cost and price of education. In the history of education and economics of education, these are key issues, not least if we want to grasp the internal workings of the educational system. Since the price of putting your child in college increased almost six fold between 1981 and 2006, and the fact that access to education is an important part of the American dream of being able to raise one's standard of living, this is also of great personal interest for many Americans. That the cost of college education has thus also become an important policy issue is therefore not surprising.
Archibald's and Feldman's book targets both scientists and politicians, and has a transparent outline that follows from the author's argument. The study begins with a classic enigma with no obvious explanation: why has the cost of college education in the United States increased so rapidly? In the introduction to the book, the authors distance themselves from the political view that the increased cost is a simple matter of waste and maladministration, and an internal university perspective from which rising costs seem unavoidable. Instead, they orient their perspective around the economics of education, with the intention of providing the reader with a detailed explanation of the rising costs of college education.
Instead of studying higher education as an isolated field, governed by the greater purpose of education, Archibald and Feldman apply the viewpoint of the discipline of economics. This means that higher education is perceived as one industry among others. While the authors are careful to point out that they do not want to reduce higher education to something it is not – for example, they do not claim that students are only customers – they do show that it is possible to compare the costs of higher education with those of other kinds of services.
This insight results in a clear perception of the societal context of higher education. Instead of trying to find the explanation to increased costs within the field of higher education, Archibald and Feldman claim that such an explanation can be identified in the development of the U.S. economy, and primarily in the production of goods and services in general. In this way, they succeed in making an otherwise excessively abstract issue into a manageable question, or actually two questions: Why are college costs rising faster than other costs, and, above all, why did the cost of other goods rise more slowly than the costs of higher education?
In the second part of the book, Archibald and Feldman describe how technological developments in the U.S. affected the production of goods and services, and hence the cost of higher education. Studying the developments of these areas, it is evident that the cost of higher education has risen significantly faster than, for example, the cost of furniture, new cars, china and glassware. But it is striking that the cost of higher education has followed a similar pattern to the costs of the services of dentists, physicians and lawyers. In this respect, Archibald and Feldman conclude that the rising costs of higher education are not all that remarkable. Instead, they are portrayed as a consequence of the technological developments that in general keep costs down for companies that manufacture goods, often through making it possible to produce more goods with lower labour input. However, this does not apply to the services of dentists, physicians and higher education, where technical developments affect the quality of the service rather than the need for labour input. Consequently, the cost of higher education will increase more quickly than the cost of a car, for example.
In addition, technological progress has created a demand for highly educated workers that the colleges have not been able to meet during the last thirty years. This raised demand has affected the salaries of educated workers, and increased the costs for hiring not only college professors but also physicians and dentists. Technological developments have also affected the services sector in a different way. As the authors note, technological development can either imply that the same product can be produced at a lower price, or that the product can be produced with a higher quality. In the context of higher education, which aims to provide students with an up-to-date service, this has meant raised costs.
In the third part of the book, Archibald and Feldman consider the price that parents pay for the college education of their children. An important distinction is made between the costs and the price of higher education. They find that, despite the rapid increase in the costs of producing higher education, this has not necessarily implied an increase in the price that the consumer – students and their parents – has to pay for higher education through college tuition and fees. Instead of dealing with the conditions that affect the production of higher education, as in part two, this part of the book consequently deals with the issue of affordability of college education. As in previous chapters, the authors claim that this is not a question that can be answered with reference only to higher education. Instead, the affordability of higher education can only be estimated by relating the price of college education with household income, and what goods and services that can be purchased for these.
Apropos of this, the authors conclude that the price of college education has come to take up an increasingly large part of families' budgets. Calculated in percentages, households have less left to spend on other goods and services. However, since the development of the U.S. economy has increased the households' income, and made many goods more affordable, this means that households in general have more left to spend after their children's education has been paid. College has thus become more affordable for a large part of the middle class, except for the segment of the U.S. population that is stuck in the bottom of the widening income distribution gap in America.
In summary, this book tackles a very complex subject in a way that should be appealing to a broad audience. The authors' analysis is sufficiently simple to be powerful, and complex enough to be convincing. In addition, the book deals with an important topic that also touches on the subject of the increasing cost of the public sector, which is a crucial political issue in many European countries. Demonstrating how the costs of service production are affected by technological development, and not primarily by processes within the public sector, Archibald's and Feldman's analysis of higher education in the U.S. offers a refreshing perspective on this discussion, where a lack of efficiency and incentive are often presented as an explanation for the rising costs of health care, elementary education and so on.
As an historian of education, it is easy to be impressed by the manner in which Archibald and Feldman handle the U.S. history of higher education. They avoid explaining developments within this field by way of the actions of individuals, which is a pitfall that some historians of education still fall in. Instead, they study the structures and process which politicians and college-administrators must navigate in. This is more impressive since the study deals with such a politicized field, where heroes and villains should be easy to identify, depending on the authors' political views.
Archibald and Feldman also succeed in contextualizing higher education. Avoiding studying education in splendid isolation, they connect developments within higher education with developments in U.S. economy. In itself, this is not noteworthy. Since the 1960s, it has been commonplace to relate developments within education to broader social trends and structures. But as Konrad Jarausch once noted, such references to society "are often more liturgical than explanatory." Konrad Jarausch, The Old "New History of Education": A German Reconsideration, in: History of Education Quarterly 26 (1986), p. 235. Archibald and Feldman do not just repeat mantras of globalization or post-industrialism, but identify a number of specific developments within U.S. society that affect the rising costs of producing higher education, and the rising prices of college education for some segments of the U.S. population. The way in which this is done is perhaps the most impressive feature of this study.
Above all, this study demonstrates the potential for researching education as if the subject was something else than just education. Archibald and Feldman acknowledge the fact that higher education has particular characteristics, but succeeds in treating the history of higher education since World War II as a history of the production of services within this sector. This means that they can leave conventional wisdom on higher education behind, and view the processes of college education from an economist's point of view, benefitting from the methods and concepts of this discipline. This encourages the rest of us, who devote ourselves to the history of education, to embark on a similar journey, treating issues such as the politics, finances and experience of education not primarily as a history of education, but as economic, cultural, agrarian or political history, without becoming too myopic and obsessed by the fact that education is the object under study.
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Johannes Westberg. Review of Archibald, Robert B.; Feldman, David H., Why Does College Cost So Much?.
H-Soz-u-Kult, H-Net Reviews.
February, 2012.
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Before we delve into the topic of why and how distracted driving training can help your drivers become better and more proactive drivers, let's have a quick overview of the perils associated with distracted driving.
Perils of distracted driving
Losing focus on the road and getting distracted while driving can be extremely perilous for your fleet driver or 15-passenger van driver. A distracted driver is risking the lives of many people, not to mention property damage including the vehicle and cargo. It is shocking to learn that thousands of accidents take place every year due to distracted driving. This is especially unfortunate, since the problem of distracted driving is preventable. There are many distractions a driver faces in the course of a journey, both inside and outside the vehicle. With the help of suitable training, fleet drivers can become safer, better drivers on the road.
Distracted Driving Training- Reduce Risks and Liabilities while Enhancing Reputation
Besides helping your drivers become better and more proactive on the road, there are many benefits associated with Distracted Driving training. A proactive driver can help enhance your company's image and reputation in the market by driving more professionally. Remember, your vehicles are like traveling billboards and nothing can damage your reputation more than an irresponsible driver. Proactive drivers reduce risks and, in turn, liabilities by ensuring they are focused on the task at hand – safe driving. The proper training can turn your drivers into indispensable assets for your organization, saving unnecessary costs that result from a motor vehicle crash.
A Step towards More Responsible Driving
There are plenty of resources, such as Drivefleet, available nowadays to help your drivers train to be more proactive. Online training courses such as the Distracted Driver Training course or the drowsy driver training courses provided by Drivefleet can help your drivers learn about proactive driving in an engaging and stimulating environment. With the aid of interactive multimedia and informative course materials, the student can learn about important concepts of safe driving and the best practices to follow on the road. Some of the typical areas that are covered include intersections and right-of-ways, driving in adverse weather conditions, increasing alertness, being considerate to others you share the road with, driving economically, and becoming a proactive driver.
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As the media industry continues to expand and evolve, keeping measurement as up-to-date as possible can be a challenge. From fragmented audiences moving across platforms and devices to the plethora of TV data produced by those devices, the question becomes, "What data is most useful, standard-izable and accurate for my purposes?" It is through this question that the strength of television over streaming data becomes clear.
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Not only do measurement companies like Nielsen and comScore use standard datasets for measurement—they also offer cross-platform datasets to help stitch together the consumer journey. TV datasets from sources like Facebook, Hulu, Netflix, and Google have valuable measurement potential but are not fully shared externally, and none of them offer a full picture of media use. So while over-the-top (OTT) services remain popular, their data is not easily quantifiable within the broader media ecosystem.
A recent article in Fast Company magazine points out that Alan Wurtzel, president of NBCU Research, isn't worried about OTT competitors. Wurtzel noted, "The reports of our death have been greatly exaggerated. I don't believe there's enough stuff on Netflix that is broad enough and consistent enough to affect us in a meaningful way on a consistent basis."
OTT services like Netflix, Apple TV, and Hulu, and sites like Facebook and Google, collect their data in walled gardens, which can protect that data but also limit its availability and use to selected customers. Marketers have long been concerned about the efficacy of data held behind walled gardens. Digiday's John McDermott, writing back in 2015, said, "It raises questions about whether Facebook and Google's ad tech products can be trusted to function objectively, or if they're merely being used to funnel ad spend through their respective media networks." The jury is still out on this issue.
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Fortunately, companies like Videa are exploring ways to collect and consolidate datasets. "As we have brought the Videa platform to market and successfully placed orders for full-schedule forward-reserve inventory, we continue to believe and maintain that advertisers want a common set of data and metrics to measure across devices," says Andrea Moe, Videa's senior director of marketing.
"Broadcast TV has a long history of compiling and measuring viewer data, via Nielsen for example, and automated platforms are able to take such data to the next level of optimization and results by creating standards for transparency that ultimately benefit all the players in the media sphere of buying and selling."
At the recent GABBCON (Global Audience Based Buying Conference & Consultancy), Carl Fremont, global chief digital officer at MEC, said, "We always reached audiences at scale using data. Today there is a plethora of data and technical ways to access it. It is all about how you use the data and the data intelligence, not how you access it. How do we use the data to drive subsequent contacts and use content and platforms to express that brand? We are guided by the infinite amount of data to be more precise and move people through the purchase decision." And automated TV buying involves using data in just this way, offering a platform to consolidate that data for more informed media buying and better results.


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What do the latest privacy scares mean for your mobile and cloud strategy?
A discussion of app permissions, mobile threat defense, and BYOD policy.
Since news of the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke here in the US, there has been a new wave of talk about privacy. As a consumer, I feel resigned to the inevitable, but as part of the enterprise mobility and EUC community, it's a good time to wade in and talk about how this affects us.
We're not alone
First off, just like when we started crafting policies about the consumerization of IT and BYOD a few years ago, we have to acknowledge that this isn't something for EUC admins to be dealing with on their own. This is a compliance, legal, and boardroom-level issue; and beyond these levels, a societal issue. It's not going to be solved by EUC admins, any single EMM or security vendor, or blog post.
App permissions
Now that we've gotten that out of the way, let's look at the mobile angle. It's great that mobile devices have user-controlled permissions for accessing sensitive data (i.e. apps have to specifically request access to your photos, location, contacts, etc.). Plus, these permissions are getting better: iOS now requires developers to state why they're asking for access; Android permissions have become more granular; and these types of controls are coming to desktop OSes and browsers.
However, there are plenty of caveats, and it almost feels quaint talking about permissions. Aside from permission-protected data sources, we give apps and services all our data directly (i.e. we open the app, interact with it, type data into text fields, etc.). Some apps will ask for access to permission-protected data sources specifically to serve us ads, as outlined this Appthority report that landed in my inbox yesterday.
There are all sorts of ways that permission-protected data can be abused once we grant an app access. Sometimes it's obvious—the app will ask to use our contacts so that we do one-off "sharing" with friends, but then it will vacuum up all the contacts and spam them.
Other times it's less apparent on the surface, but then once you know what's going on, you think, "Of course, why didn't I realize that before!" For example, an app can ask for access to your camera roll, and then use the metadata in geotagged photos to figure out lots of information about where you've been, without asking for access to your location. (Check out this proof of concept.)
Enterprises use tons of free apps
We can read the EULAs on all our enterprise apps, and talk with vendors about their data policies, but there are tons of free and often troubling apps and services that companies use but my not examine as closely; or are they are forced to use them.
In 2018, every business has to have a presence on all the popular social media platforms, so you more than likely have users in the marketing department that use Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pintarest, Twitter, etc. every day. Even if your official policy is to block social media on the network and lock down corporate devices, it still has to be there.
Then there are all the apps that users find on their own to solve business problems. For example, mobile email clients have had built in document viewers for a long time, but in an environment of any size, you'll find plenty of sketchy third-party PDF viewers, file converters, unzipping apps, and so on.
This is where all these recent tools come in: We have enterprise mobility management to make sure we can give users all the mobile tools they need, instead of leaving them to find sketchy alternatives. Mobile app management and data loss protection can keep data in the apps and services we want, and out of those that we don't want.
Mobile app reputation services (a feature of many mobile threat defense products) and inspection of cloud apps (part of cloud access security brokers) can help vet the apps and services chosen by the enterprise and by individual users.
What's reasonable?
As a consumer, I'm throwing up my hands. I can take certain reasonable security and privacy measures, but I don't think deleting Facebook or giving up Google is going to do all that much—the data-oriented companies of the world already have plenty of information on me. (Good thing this is an enterprise blog and I don't have to figure this out here.)
On the enterprise side, there is a very large conversation to be had, but one thing that has become more clear recently is around BYOD. Even though it may not seem fashionable, there are plenty of environments that call for tight controls around BYOD, and in many cases, having two seperate phones for work and personal usage is the logical choice.
That recent incident where Strava accidentally confirmed the location of secret military bases is a prime example. They released a map of users' running and cycling routes. Of course, it was anonymous, but the very routes themselves revealed a lot of information, including the military bases. These are environments where it's probably appropriate to prohibit any personal apps with location tracking capabilities, and to do that, some sort of mobile app reputation service would help.
Other than these comments here, I don't really have any other answers to this huge problem of our day. What's your company and IT department doing in the wake of the latest privacy scares?


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Peter Okoye, one half of the legendary singing twins, PSquare has something new cooking – literally.
Peter PSquare has been unveiled as a brand ambassador and official face of the Leading kitchen manufacturers, Pedini Bosch Nigeria Limited, the makers of the Luxury Pedini Kitchen brand and the fast-selling Vurn kitchens.
In a statement, the company described Peter as one of their most loyal clients, who is an epitome of all that the brand stands for: Class, Elegance, Style, Efficiency and Luxury.
They also indicated that partnering with Peter is in a bid to break the mould and change the mentality that Nigerians have about what kitchens should be and what kitchens should look like.
According to the statement, the kitchen is the heart of the home and the centre of the family and as such it should be created and treated with the utmost care and precision.
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As you may be aware Advance HE instigated a major independent review of the Athena SWAN Charter, ensuring that it is fit for current and future needs of institutions, individuals and the sector as a whole. Professor Julia Buckingham, Vice-Chancellor and President of Brunel University London, is chairing the steering group, which is responsible for leading the independent review and making recommendations to the Advance HE Board. More information about review can be found here.
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Meetings like the one this morning are times I feel particularly grateful to be a Quaker. First of all, it snowed a little last night, so coming into a cozy meetinghouse with a crackling fire, looking out at the snow and around at Friends, is a special treat.
Today it seemed like the ministry in meeting centered around hope and expectation in this new season in our government that will begin on Tuesday. The first person to share talked about some historical data on Champlain and William Penn, visionaries in the "New World," wanting to make space for a more just society. Then someone who said she'd never been to a Quaker meeting before came today because she was disturbed about the situation in Gaza, particularly the bombing of a UN storage facility in Gaza that held a bunch of food, medicine, etc., and how it wasn't being reported in our media because an airplane crashed and everyone was OK. From there several people shared about their hopes in the next days and years based on the new presidential administration. It was really cool to see how this all fit together, and how everyone's voices together made the whole picture make sense. One of the voices alone didn't tell the whole story, but we needed one another's voices and sense of listening to hear the whole message. It's so amazing when that happens!
I felt led to share about how although I'm hopeful about the new administration, I also think we can't just pin our hopes on anyone, even a (hopefully good) president. We as Friends did away with pastors (or in pastoral meetings we did away with a privileged position for pastors) because we don't think it's right to pay someone to do our spiritual work for us. I think the political system is similar. We can't just elect people and expect them to do all the work of bringing justice into the world through love. The government will never do that. That can only happen through the work of the Spirit in the world. It can happen through individuals working in the government, but it won't happen through any governmental system per se. Hopefully our government can see beyond the law in order to work for true justice for all.
But it is also our job to work for justice through love. We can't relegate that job to someone else, put our hopes in what another person can do to fix the world, or woe our helplessness to change anything. (I'm preaching to myself here, too!) We have to trust that the Spirit works through us, whether we are powerful world leaders or not. No one else can do our part, and our part is important: listen to and follow the Spirit in our own lives, wherever it leads.
Someone else in meeting then shared about following the still small voice that calls us to do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with God, even when it feels like what we can do is pitifully small. We just must trust that this is what we are called to do, and do it ourselves with God as our leading light.
So hopefully the political situation begins to change for the better, but this administration and Congress have their work cut out for them, and there is only so much they can do within the constraints of the political system. The rest is up to us.
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YES-The sentance that stood out for me was "it is our job to work for justice through love." If everyone would do what they can it
wouldn't be work.
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Thanks for this post. You speak my own thoughts. I consider myself an anarchist, and the way I explain it is basically that Jesus calls us to simply "love one another." That really has nothing to do with government or politics or anything like that. It's the hardest thing because it demands personal responsibility and direct action, way beyond just filling in boxes on a particular day or watching faces talking on TV. I'm still struggling with how to deal with this responsibility.
Thine in the light.
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Desolation Ornithopter
Ron Cobb created this "insectoid" ornithopter for an early attempt to make a Dune movie. That film did not materialize, however; instead we got very different and quite jumbled movie some years later.
Anyhow, this is a beautiful flyer that I'd love to see in some other setting. It would for example fit nicely in my baroque-futuristic Wolframfästet (The Tungsten Citadel) RPG milieu, in which the Earth is a worn-down desolation.
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My 2016 — a summary
When a year approaches its end, it is tempting to summarize it in a few bullet points. So here are my significant SF/fantasy/RPG experiences in 2016, listed in chronological order.
- Collaboration of the year: Gustaf Gadd and I wrote Skymningshavets gåtor, a seafaring fantasy campaign book for Drakar och Demoner, during the spring.
- Boost of the year: I received the Swedish RPG Dragon Award at Gothcon in April.
- Book of the year: I read and re-read Agent of the Imperium, an complex and enjoyable science fiction novel in the Traveller universe by Marc Miller.
- RPG campaign of the year: We were Pinkerton agents investigating a murder in New Orleans in early 1870.
- Boardgame of the year: Terraforming Mars by Fryx Games — wow!
- Tragedy of the year: Evert Johansson, one of my old Traveller buddies, suddenly passed away in November at age 58.
- Movie of the year: Rogue One.
- TV-series of the year: Agent Carter S1 — yes, I know it is not new, but I did not have a chance to watch it until a few weeks ago.


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GBPUSD Weekly Technical Outlook
Price action on this pair has disposed northward for quite a while. On the weekly time frame, it was obvious that bears had been making effort to curtail the northward move since two weeks ago. Last week they succeeded in driving price action below the significant support around the 1.41200 area. Bulls resisted the move and a doji-like candlestick printed as the outcome of the session close. However, price action is still located in an S/R zone and we can expect a sideways operation before directional clarity is obtained.
On the daily time frame, price action is operating in a consolidation mode (bound in chocolate coloured lines). As the location of price action is too far from the mean and in confluence with a resistance zone, we may expect a pullback before any further northward momentum can materialize. Price action may retrace to the monthly central pivot (around 1.39960) and may extend to the next support around the 1.38350 area. Technically the short-term mode favours bears but the medium-term direction is technically synced with bulls. That will be the case unless price action breaks below a support trendine (navy) from the low of November 13, 2017 on a daily close basis.
I may be wrong. Trade safe and prosper.
GBPJPY Weekly Technical Outlook
Price action on GBPJPY has struggled for a while within a significant resistance zone. From the last week of December 2017 to the middle of January 2018, price action on the weekly time frame has been largely sideways. Last week, bulls made a strong move and pushed price action to the next resistance zone around the 155.680 area. Before the close of session, however, bears briefly pushed price action back although the candlestick printed was relatively bullish.
On the daily time frame, price action has been operating in a wedge (bound by navy coloured lines) for a while. Most recent price action is located around the distal (or resistance) line of the wedge. Besides, a resistance trendline (navy) from the high of September 21, 2017 is in confluence with the wedge resistance line. A bearish pinbar printed last Friday around this confluence of resistance. There is a likelihood that bears will follow through with further southward move in the early part of this week. A likely target of bears is the channel support, which may extend to the 151.280 area, the immediate horizontal support. Technically, I do not see momentum for any bullish move until a southward retracement has taken place.
On the H4 time frame, it can be seen that technically the impulsive trend is northward and a simple wave count shows that recent price action is in a corrective phase. But the technical mood is southward with a possible initial target around the 151.280 area. Thus, the technicals support a bearish bias in the short term.
AUDJPY Weekly Technical Outlook
The pair has been ranging for quite a while. On the weekly time frame, price action has been operating in an ascending triangle (chocolate) since November 2016. Last week, a relatively big bearish candlestick broke the wedge support line and hit the immediate horizontal support around the 83.990 area. However, before the close of the weekly session, bulls managed to push price action up to the 85.010 area. It should be noted that price action since October 2017 has been ranging in the 38.2 – 61.8 Fib retracement zone of the swing down from the high of November 2014 to the low of June 2016. Much likely we may expect bears to take the price action further southward should they break below the 83.990 area, which is in confluence with the 38.2 Fib and a significant horizontal support. Looking left of the attached weekly chart, we can see that the impulsive wave is southward.
On the daily time frame, recent price action is around the support line of the ascending triangle seen on the weekly time frame. Bulls were curtailing the gains made by bears in the early part of last week but the order flow context is very much under the influence of bears. However, we may see a retracement northward or a sideways operation in the early part of this week before further southward momentum is achieved, moreso that price action is a bit far (more than 130 pips) from the mean. A likely target of bulls for any retracement is the 86.230 area.
On the H4 time frame, we can see that price action has entered a support zone which it traversed northward in June 2017. It is natural to expect some reaction at such a zone, this may be a retracement or a sideways/ranging operation before any further southward momentum. A likely target for bulls is the immediate resistance around the 86.230 area, while bears are likely to be interested in the immediate support around the 81.805 area. Of course, there are minor barriers for both bulls and bears to tackle along the way before reaching the potential targets.
I am bearish on this pair. However, I will wait for a retracement of price action to within the 85.010/86.230 zone before I look for a sell trading opportunity.
USDJPY Weekly Technical Outlook
Price action on USDJPY has largely been sideways since March 2017, although the range of consolidation spans between 114.430 and 108.400; which is more than 550 pips. On the weekly time frame, in the past three weeks price action has moved to around the proximal end of the range and has formed a micro consolidation or range spanning about 260 pips. Last week, an attempt by bears to break down the range was curtailed by bulls.
On the H4 time frame, price action has entered a support zone which it traversed northward on September 11, 2017. Last week, price action ranged around the zone before it retraced to the mean. We may expect a bearish continuation this week. An initial target for bears is likely to be the 107.550 area, the low of September 8, 2017; this may extend to the 107.310 area.
Three weeks ago, price action slightly disposed bearish after a 78.6 Fib retracement of the swing down from the high of June 2016 to the low of January 2017. This was followed by an indecision candlestick, an inside bar, two weeks ago. Last week saw a major move by bears to push price below the low of the bullish candlestick formed three weeks ago; which they succeeded in doing. Current price action is now located at a horizontal support around the 1.38100 area, which is in confluence with the 61.8 Fib zone. Furthermore, an ascending trendline (chocolate) is still in play as support. The technicals on the weekly time frame are synced for further bearish move. But we may expect price action to struggle around the 1.35890 area, which represents a confluence of horizontal support, a trendline support and a 50 Fib zone. Until then, I see bears making a strong showing.
On the daily time frame, recent price action has been largely bearish and the order flow context is very much in favour of bears. A support trendline (navy) has been broken southward but the ascending trendline (chocolate) seen on the weekly time frame is still in play. The zone between the two trendlines is likely to act as support for a while until the weekly ascending trendline (chocolate) is broken down. Alternatively, price action may swing north and establish a bullish mode, particularly when it reaches the 1.35890 area or bounces off the weekly ascending trendline (chocolate).
On the H4 time frame, price action has retraced northward and is consolidating around the support trendline (navy) seen on the daily time frame. A piercing formation was printed on Friday and was followed up by some sideways operation within the mean area and around the support trendline (navy). This situation suggests the likelihood of a bearish continuation. If bears manage to break down the horizontal support around the 1.38100 area, we may expect them to target the 1.35890 area. However, this does not preclude price action from turning northward around the 1.38100 area.
I will step aside on Monday for the market on this pair to show its hands; particularly as the current location of price action, and the support trendline, is too close to the horizontal support around the 1.38100 area.
Here's a technical update on the AUDUSD.
Technically the pair is struggling in the middle of a few consolidation patterns - a weekly ascending channel (chocolate lines) and its mid-line and a support trendline (navy) from the daily time frame. Basically, the current mode is up but there is little potential for much gain until the mid-line is broken.
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rice action on USDJPY is entering a support zone (bound by magenta horizontal lines) which has held as an S/R zone on a multi-year basis. We may see some sideways price action in the zone or even a possible northward retracement. However, if bears strongly breakdown the zone, we may see them target the next major support around the 101.940 area (bound by purple horizontal lines).
XAUUSD (GOLD) has broken northward of the mid-line of its ascending channel operation by more than 240 pips on the W1 tf. This portends a further northward move, particularly as it is from the 50 Fib retracement of the most recent swing up from the low of 1237.25 and represents a continuation of the upward wave.
Technically, the EURUSD is northward bearing and has been so for a long while. The recent southward mode, not yet fully recovered, is merely a pullback and for profit taking. The price action on the pair is now entering a significant resistance zone last visited in May 2014 but there is room for further pullback or sideways operation before the zone is hit. This zone is in confluence with, or proximal to, the 68.2 Fib area of the southward drop from the high of May 2014. See attached MN chart (significant resistance zone is bound by magenta coloured lines).
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EURUSD Weekly Technical Outlook
In January 2018, price action on EURUSD entered a resistance zone (1.22550/1.25790) it last trasversed southward in December 2014. Last month's candlestick printed bullish but with wicks at both ends; indicating that bulls were facing strong bearish resistance. Apparently, we are likely to be seeing some ranging operation of price action in the zone for quite a while.
On the weekly time frame, price action has been ranging around the 1.22290/1.25420 area for four weeks. As price action has found it difficult to break above the resistance zone, it is likely that we see an attempt by the market to bear southward and regroup for another onslaught on the zone. Last week, an inverted hammer-like candlestick was formed around the zone; which portends the likelihood of a bearish follow through of price action in the days ahead. An ascending trendline (chocolate) from the low of April 2017 is still very much in play and bears may target a retest of the trendline. Such a move southward is likely to expose the horizontal support around the 1.20500 area. However, should bears fail to break down the trendline, bulls are likely to seize the initiative to turn around price action northward.
On the H4 time frame, price action has been consolidating in an ascending channel (magenta) for quite a while. Recent price action is bearing southward from the channel rresistance area. An initial target of bears is the channel support or the horizontal support around the 1.22630 area. However, a micro-support trendline (navy) formed by recent price action may be a barrier for a southward move. So, should bears fail to clear this barrier, we may see bulls turn price action northward toward the channel resistance, perhaps to relaunch an attack on the 1.25790 area.
Current market on USDJPY may disappoint traders who make buy trading decisions on the basis of 'oversold' indicator readings. On the weekly time frame, price action on the USDJPY has ranged in a horizontal channel (bound by magenta coloured horizontal lines) between 108.200 and 114.150 since April 2017. But between January 21, 2018 and first of February 2018, price action consolidated around the 108.360/110.275 area. Last week, a bearish candlestick broke down the channel support, moved below the major consolidation area, and drove down to hit the immediate support around the 105.460 area. However, just before the close of session, bulls resisted further move but it was clear that bears held sway. We may see bears attempt to take price action further southward this week but bulls appear poised to resist the move. Technically, the result of this struggle is likely to be a sideways operation of price action in the early part of this week before further bearish continuation. An initial target of bears is likely to be the 104.330 area, a minor support zone; this may expose the 104.300 handle.
Technicals on the daily time frame are disposed southward. However, the present location of price action is a bit far from the mean. Therefore, we may likely see a northward pullback of price action before any further bearish momentum can be sustained. A possible target of bulls for such a pullback is the immediate resistance around the 107.380/108.040 area. This would be a retest of the horizontal channel support (magenta) broken down by price action last week and flipped as resistance.
EURJPY Weekly Technical Outlook
Price action on EURJPY has been operating in an ascending channel (bound by chocolate coloured lines) for quite a while. On the weekly time frame, price action has been operating above the mid-line (magenta) since June 25, 2017. Two weeks ago, a relatively big bearish candlestick rejected the channel resistance and was followed up by a smaller bearish candlestick last week. However, last week's candlestick barely managed to break the low of the previous week's candlestick and was an indecision candlestick by nature. This indicates that bears were not fully in control and bulls are likely to give bears a fight, at least by market open this week. Nevertheless, short-term technicals are synced in support of bears and we may expect bears to attempt a test of the midline or the immediate horizontal support around the 130.500 area, as an initial target.
Looking left on the weekly time frame, as a technical trader I am particularly impressed by a larger ascending channel (bound by black coloured lines) earlier formed and the bearish impulse of the larger trend. I see a similarity of price action in the current ascending channel and the previous one; which gives further weight to a bearish tone of the EURJPY market.
On the H4 time frame, price action is operating in a descending channel (bound by black lines) but a consolidation pattern (bound by magenta horizontal lines) prevailed on the H4 time for much of last week. Nevertheless, technicals on the H4 time frame are favorably synced for a bearish continuation. The immediate horizontal support around the 130.490 area is a likely target of bears. However, as price action has just broken an area of consolidation, we may see a retest of the area before momentum for a southward move is sustained.
On a short-term basis, I am bearish on this pair. A southward break of the micro trendline (navy) on the H4 time frame would get me interested in looking for a feasible sell trade setup. Alternatively, should bears fail to break down this micro trendline on a daily or H4 closing basis, this will negate my bearish outlook.
The technical outlook is still bearish on the USDJPY but we should be expecting periods of sideways operation and pullbacks along the way, perhaps until the 100.500 area is reached; still a long way off though.
Here's a video on scenarios involving EURUSD, GBPUSD and some majors for this week. I have no financial interest in the presenter.
If you are tracking XAUUSD (GOLD), don't feel tempted to go for a long trade. It is better to wait for price action to enter a significant support zone, preferably a weekly time frame support zone. Technically, the market is still bearish but we may see a reaction for a northward turnaround around the 1315.90 area.
See attached H1 chart; likely turnaround zone is bound by purple coloured horizontal lines.
Are you tracking XAUUSD? Be wary of Gold! Why is price action on Gold ambivalent so far? There is still a target of bears southward; remember yesterday's post and the zone indicated. Any fundamental news may be seized upon to drive price action to the zone before a northward turnaround.
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Donna Trumble
has been a sewing
professional for over thirty years. She
has operated a custom sewing center out of her
home in Georgetown, Texas since
She is
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How do you sew a mitered
corner? To learn how to sew a mitered
corner is a matter of following step by step
through the how to sew proceedures.
What is a mitered corner?
A mitered corner is a corner
that is cut and pieced together to form an
angle. Usually, we think of mitered corners in
terms of right angles or ninety degree corners
made from two forty five degree corners or a
sixty and thirty degree corner joined to form a
right angle. Actually, a mitered corner may be
a variety of different angles. If we form a
hexagon with our fabric, the angles are each
cut and pieced to form sixty degree angles. If
all the angles are equal, it is generally easy
to calculate the angles by dividing the number
of angles into the full circle of three hundred
sixty degrees or some proportionate part such
as the ninety degree or one hundred twenty
degree angles. Hence, the hexagon with six
distinct angles (360 divided by 6 equals 60
Not all right angled corners
are mitered. A corner where fabric pieces butt
up against each other to form a right angle
without having been cut and pieced to form the
angle is NOT a mitered corner. When a corner is
made by simply folding over the fabric to form
an angle, it is Not a mitered corner. You may
find non mitered corners everywhere:
upholstery, dressmaking, crafting, and
How do you sew a mitered
A binding is a piece of
fabric used to wrap the edge of something.
Commonly, after a quilt is finished, a binding
will be applied to its raw edges to give it a
finished look.
To make a mitered binding, it is handy to use a
Binding Miter Tool® to measure, cut, and shape
the corner. The tool can be used to form
perfect ninety degree for right angled squares
and rectangles, 120 degree hexagons, and 135
degree octagon and tablerunner angles. You can
find this tool at your local sew and quit store
or online at www.sewinganswer.com.
Step One: Measure the length
and width of the project. For accuracy measure
down the center (top to bottom and side to
side) instead along the edges. While the edges
may stretch, the center of the quilt will
retain the overall measurement more
Step Two: Cut the binding
strips. Sometimes the binding is cut on the
straight of the fabric, and sometimes it is cut
on the bias of the fabric. For the crisp
corners, cut the strips from the lengthwise
grain, because it stretches the least. When
added stretch is needed, bias binding may be
used. Bias binding is made by cutting the
fabric on the diagonal in strips, and it may be
purchased as a bias binding tape already cut.
Cut the strips 2 ½" to 3" wide depending on the
thickness of the item being bound and how much
seam allowance you desire.
Step Three: Lay the binding
strips end to end and sew them together to form
one long ribbon of fabric long enough to cover
each side of the quilt or item being bound plus
two inches for play.
Step Four: Since the purpose
of the binding is to envelope the raw edge of
the quilt or project, the binding strips will
be folded down the middle wrong sides together.
Press the strips to form a neat fold half the
original width.
Step Five: Lay the binding
strip face to face with the fabric edge of the
quilt. Make sure the raw edges of the project
are even with the binding strip, and sew using
a quarter inch seam allowance. Start the seam
one quarter inch in from the edge of the
project on both beginning and end. Leave about
an inch of extra binding on each end of both
beginning and end as well.
Step Six: As you work from
one side to the next, just leave the trailing
binding overlapped one on top of the other.
Mark end of the seam with and across the folded
edge of the binding.
Step Seven: Place the
Binding Miter Tool® so that the point of the
tool is centered on the binding with the right
leg of the ruler following the line of the
fabric. To determine the correct angle to
follow using the Binding Miter Tool®, place the
tool on the corner of the project and move it
around until the angle matches the corner of
your project.
Step Eight: Mark the
placement of the tool by drawing around the tip
creating a stitching line.
Step Nine: Stitch along the
lines you just marked.
Step Ten: Trim off the
excess binding.
Step Eleven: Use the point
of the tool and turn the binding inside out and
shape the corner.
Step Twelve: Top stitch to
finish the binding process all the way around
the project. If you prefer, you may hand sew
the binding using a whip stitch.
The finished result is a
beautifully bound quilt, blanket, or project
with neat mitered corners.
How to you sew a mitered border?
A border is a fabric
designed to frame a quilt block or around the
outside of a quilt. It is usually made of
strips of fabric sewn to the block or quilt and
to each other. The strips may simply meet with
two fabrics butting against each other one
longer than the other, but frequently, a
mitered border is desirable.
Below is a family heritage
picture quilt where the a narrow border and a
wider border are both mitered to form a frame
around the body of the quilt. It is finished
with a mitered binding.
To illustrate the techniques
needed to sew a mitered border, we will start
with a finished block from an Attic Window
Quilt Design.
The inner border has already
been applied in using a method in which the
side borders and crossing borders simply form
butt end joint with quarter inch seam
To sew a mitered corner in a
border, simply overlap the two pieces of border
where they meet, mark, cut each border piece on
a forty five degree angle, and join the two
pieces by sewing them together. Here a detailed
step by step description of how to sew mitered
corners in borders.
Step One: Measure
accurately. Measure across the center of the
height (top to bottom) and width (side to
side). The edges or sides tend to stretch
giving inaccurate measurements. If needed
square the block so the sides are true and
straight. Be sure to measure across both
horizontally and vertically.
Step Two: Select the right
fabric for your borders. It may be a
contrasting color, print, or texture, but it is
important to choose the border you think will
look good framing your quilt or block.
Step Three: Cut border
strips. Borders should be cut along the
lengthwise grain of the fabric . Unlike
bindings, borders do not generally need the
added stretch inherent in bias cuts. (Crosswise
grain also has more stretch than the lengthwise
grain, but less than the bias.) The size of
your border will depends on how wide you want
your border to be. Add about one quarter inch
to the width for each seam allowance. (Allow
one half inch overall seam allowance to join
fabric with other borders, blocks, or
Step Four: Cut the border
length of the strips to include the length of
the side it will cover, plus double the width
of the border (half for beginning and half for
end), and add an extra four inches (half for
beginning and half for end). Make sure you have
enough length to conveniently make the mitered
corner. If you cut it too short, you will need
to cut a brand new piece. If it is cut a little
long, it is ok because you can always trim the
Step Five: Layout your
border along the edge of the quilt or project
by starting in the middle. Measure the side.
Divide the measurement by two. Mark the center
of the side with a marking pen, chalk, or pin.
Fold the border fabric in half lengthwise to
find its middle and align the border with the
side or your project.
Step Six: Lay your border
fabric on the quilt right sides together with
the quilt face up. Attach the centers with a
pin. Finish attaching the border to the quilt
top leaving the trailing ends overlapping the
perpendicular borders as they meet. From the
end of the quilt top mark a quarter inch seam
allowance on both the quilt top and border at
beginning and end of the seams.
Step Seven: Begin working on
each corner one at a time. Neatly fold back one
border at a forty five degree angle. You may
use several different rulers to make sure this
angle is accurate. Finger press it in place or
use your steam iron to crease the angle fold in
place. If using an iron, take care to use the
press, lift, press, lift technique and avoid
rubbing it over the fabric. Continue with the
adjacent border fabric until the two forty five
degree angles match up as a ninety degree
Step Eight: Open the fold
(mark it if necessary) and stitch along the
folded line forming the mitered corner. Leave a
quarter inch seam allowance at the beginning
and ending of the seam.
Step Nine: Trim the excess
trim fabric.
Step Ten: Unfold the fabric
corner, and press it neatly to form a crisp
edge fold over the stitching.
This border technique may be
used in dozens of other sewing beyond quilting
including such as table covers, table runners,
scrap booking, pillows, etc.
There are many variations on
this basic technique to speed the process and
you may find your own special ways to joining
borders in perfectly aligned mitered corners.
When we were writing this instruction guide for
mitered corners, we felt an obligation to
provide the traditional approaches that have
been taught for years, but every little bit one
of the team members would pipe up, "Why do you
do it that way? Here is a quicker and easier
Here is an example of a
quicker easier way to do mitered border
Cut your border strips a bit
longer than needed. Use longer strips.
Lay one strip face up and
lay the block face down on top of the border
strip with edges together.
Stitch a border strip using
a quarter inch seam allowance along one side
beginning and ending one quarter inch from the
end of the block's side.(Be sure to anchor seam
beginning and end.)
Turn the block ninety
degrees to do the adjacent side.
Turn back the end of the
side already sewn so it is out of the way.
Align a second border strip
as before and sew.
Now notice that you have two
strips of fabric flopping beyond the corner of
the block.
Align these face to face
following the line of the block to form a forty
five degree angle.
Sew along the angle.
Trim the excess fabric, and
open it up to a perfectly formed mitered
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