{"id":71,"date":"2005-03-24T16:56:44","date_gmt":"2005-03-24T16:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stitch.hiptopiecesquares.com\/blog\/?p=71"},"modified":"2005-03-24T16:56:44","modified_gmt":"2005-03-24T16:56:44","slug":"show_and_tell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hiptopiecesquares.com\/blog\/2005\/03\/show_and_tell\/","title":{"rendered":"Show and Tell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So the computer fix wasn&#8217;t a big deal, but unfortunatly, I&#8217;ve been really sick since Sunday, and today is my first day back up and around.  I tried to go back to work yesterday but I only made it through half the day before giving up and coming back home to go to bed.  Today, though, was my day.  So stop yelling at me people!  I have quilts to tell you about now&#8230;.sheesh!<br \/>\nAfter I was finally feeling well enough to do more than sip on Vernors and watch more than 15 minutes of tv at a time without falling asleep, I finished up my bright square quilt top.<br \/>\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gallery.avenueb.org\/albums\/album37\/aae.sized.jpg\" width=300 alt=\"Squares Quilt Top\"\/><\/center><br \/>\nI had a lot of trouble taking a good picture of it this afternoon in my house.  I really, really like how it turned out though!  As soon as I have some extra quilting money, I&#8217;m going to go ahead and order the Disco Dot fabric for the backing.  It&#8217;s been so much fun for me to do&#8211;it was quick and easy to piece, and the bright colors are interesting to work with.  I&#8217;m glad this one&#8217;s getting ready to quilt.<br \/>\nAfter I finished up that top I moved on to the stack of 30&#8217;s reproduction fabric that&#8217;s been sitting on my desk for awhile now:<br \/>\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gallery.avenueb.org\/albums\/album17\/acs.sized.jpg\" width=300 alt=\"30's Pile\"\/><\/center><br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been collecting the reproduction prints for awhile now, (that&#8217;s not my whole pile) and I hadn&#8217;t been able to come up with a good pattern for them.  During my days on the couch though, I decided to go with a bow-tie pattern.  I think my first block turned out pretty well too:<br \/>\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gallery.avenueb.org\/albums\/album40\/aaa.sized.jpg\" width=300 alt=\"Bow-Tie Block\"\/><\/center><br \/>\nAnd of course, the top of the wedding quilt is finished!  Super YAY!  I really surprised myself with how fast the top came together afterall.  When I started it, I thought that I might have been working on it for years before it all came together.  If you&#8217;re not someone who isn&#8217;t allowed to see pictures of it, click on the link!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.avenueb.org\/minshall\/albums\/album33\/aah.sized.jpg\" width=300 alt=\"Wedding Quilt: Part Deux!\"\/><\/center><br \/>\nThe picture is pretty bad&#8211;the only flat space in my house big enough to take a picture of it is our bed, so ignore the pillows.  I&#8217;m debating on new details for it: number of borders, and border colors, quilting pattern, and backing fabric color.  If anyone has any brilliant ideas or suggestions about what they think would look <b>great<\/b> with it, leave me some comments.  I&#8217;m open to good ideas to help me get started.  Hopefully a trip to the fabric store will help determine the border and backing points.  I&#8217;m not as concerned about the quilting of it just yet&#8211;it&#8217;ll probably be a little while before I get to that anyway.<br \/>\nI need a nap now.  That was a lot of work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So the computer fix wasn&#8217;t a big deal, but unfortunatly, I&#8217;ve been really sick since Sunday, and today is my first day back up and around. I tried to go back to work yesterday but I only made it through half the day before giving up and coming back home to go to bed. 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