tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378104062024-02-06T19:17:50.599-08:00Quilted With LoveI've always loved quilting since I first started. I love the design process, cutting, sewing and quilting. I hope I inspire you to love quilting as well.Bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164286285384762770noreply@blogger.comBlogger738125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37810406.post-42323263014281315622018-04-17T21:03:00.001-07:002018-04-17T22:02:53.061-07:00"Back to the Basics" FMQ by Jeanne HarrisonI put up my "My Tweets" quilt for a few days and started working on Jeanne Harrison's "Back to Basics" FMQ lessons on YouTube. Check her out. She does lessons with sit down machines and domestic machines.<br />
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She has you start out learning five different basic stitches, arches, "S" curves, straight lines, and feathers.<br />
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My first practice stitches have been horrible. Even though I've been quilting for a while, I've never done these specific stitches. The lessons are great, videos are awesome, and I am getting better.<br />
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Here's the last part of the lesson. The right and top sides are hard to smooth out equally. I finally got every stitch to meet in the center, but these are really bad "circles". This one needs a lot more practice.</div>
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Bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164286285384762770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37810406.post-44949711175203133572018-03-30T21:16:00.000-07:002018-03-30T21:16:08.583-07:00Free Motion Quilting Large BlocksI have learned a lot about FMQ this large of a quilt and the detailed blocks.<br />
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Pin the quilt to death. Really. I didn't do enough pinning with this quilt. I only had a few days with my mom and really needed her help to get it ready for quilting so I used what I had.<br />
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I watched a few YT videos and no one really showed how to pin this kind of quilt. It was the basic start in the middle, move over 4 inches in all directions and work out. That's the layout I first used with my mom. Then as I got started quilting I realized how much this idea doesn't work on an intricate quilt. I needed pins everywhere.<br />
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Today I spent the afternoon working on pinning the rest of the inside blocks for FMQ around the designs.<br />
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Yes, the border needs pinned. My back hurts so that will be for tomorrow.<br />
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I have a variety of pins. Some large, some small and some curved. I like curved pins, but they cost a lot. Use what you like.<br />
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2. <b>Free Motion Feet</b><br />
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I'm torn between the two feet I have, a hopping foot and a FMQ floating stipple foot. A hopping foot drives me NUTS with all the banging up and down. However; it does hold the fabric in place while you go around the designs. The FMQ floating foot is nice if you have excellent control of the fabric and speed as it "floats" along the top of the quilt. I think it's personal preference. What I do hate are the oval feet. I like circled feet. Note: If you buy this foot for your Husqvarna machine, it does hop until you reach the right speed.<br />
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3. <b>PLAN</b><br />
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Maybe this should come first. Plan your quilt design. My center may need redone as it wasn't planned well. I came up with the pattern as I went and ended up ripping out corner flowers and had pleats when I did the lines. My quilted lines are NOT straight because I don't know how to make them straight. If you follow the sashing like I did, it isn't straight. I have no idea how to keep a block "square" while you quilt. Being self-taught can be really frustrating.<br />
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I'm sure if this quilt was on a long arm machine and basted correctly, the quilt sashing would look straight and so would the quilted lines.<br />
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Had a planned better, this quilt would be done much faster and look much nicer. <br />
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I am enjoying this quilt more. My FMQ stitches are nicer and I'm more confident in my ability to FMQ around anything after doing eight blocks. I really love my Designer Ruby machine for FMQ.Bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164286285384762770noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37810406.post-82266923898997694642018-03-27T16:05:00.005-07:002018-03-27T16:05:58.197-07:00Quilting "My Tweets" Working on outside blocksI detest stitching in the ditch. Especially with this quilt. At least I didn't get any pleats or screw up the backing.<br />
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I finally got all that done and started in on FMQ the first of the outside blocks.<br />
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Here's part of the center. I FMQ hatching between the spaces: You may need to enlarge the picture. I plan on doing something in the center of the flowers after seeing the hatchmarks.<br />
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<b>Note to self:</b> Do better planning of how to quilt and mark so you aren't stuck. Since I haven't quilted in years, it's like relearning how to do it.<br />
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I did two of the corner flowers and I don't like the backtracking from FMQ. I hate to unpick the flowers, but it would look better if I stopped/started to make one single stitching line. On white fabric it becomes painfully obvious how well you FMQ.<br />
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This is a close-up. It looks horrible:<br />
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I'll think about it over the night and go from there but I'm pretty sure it's coming out. Bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164286285384762770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37810406.post-8279929360389552772018-03-18T16:07:00.000-07:002018-03-18T16:07:36.849-07:00Quilting "My Tweets" by Erin RussekI fell in love with"My Tweets" an applique quilt by Erin Russek years ago and was determined to finish it. I thought this would be an easy project. I was wrong. In fact, I stuffed the quilt in a drawer and forgot about it. I hated it. I wanted to burn it but I'd put too much work into it.<br />
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I didn't hate the pattern, Erin makes fabulous quilt projects so check out what she does. I just was overwhelmed all those pieces, reverse tracing, fusible webbing, multiple fabrics and then all the satin stitching. I didn't square the blocks correctly and everything was a mess. I had to redo the entire center because I messed up the background size. I got to the border and that's when it was stuffed into a drawer.<br />
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The pattern was designed by Erin Russek around 2011 and it's now 2018 so that explains how long it's been stuffed in a drawer. It took a couple of years or so to get this far. Then my dad's wife came to visit and found the quilt. Her and my dad fell in love and asked if I would finish it for her. I agreed to finish it for her and my dad out of love.<br />
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Here's the top w/o the light green border fabric.<br />
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My mom was super awesome and helped me get it all pinned and ready to quilt. Now to choose how to quilt it. I haven't quilted in years. This quilt pretty much ruined it for me. I started making mini albums and gave up quilting. I haven't even posted anything for years.<br />
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I wondered how other people had done their "My Tweets" quilts but only found two finished quilts. Both were beautifully quilted but beyond my quilting skills. I wonder how many others finished this pattern since I could only find two.<br />
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My first thought was to use the flowers in the four centers until after I quilted the bottom and realized they were out of proportion and didn't fit around the centers as they were different widths. It's pretty, but I didn't like it. I spent yesterday ripping it out.<br />
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I wanted the corners to be like the top of the flower. I put them in the corner and realized it looked like Art Deco. Cool. I then put a one inch strip around the borders to frame the quilt. It was out of proportion and I didn't like it.<br />
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So I cut out two small 1/2 inch strips and laid them out like this. Much better. Now the center needed something else. I did a Google search on art deco but didn't find anything. I then had the idea to put a square on point in the center and sent a picture. My dad and Heather loved it. I still think it needs something else, but will figure it out later. Now to figure out how to mark it.<br />
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Turns out tools for marking quilts hasn't changed. The usual blue pen (I don't dare because if I wash the quilt, it will probably turn blue), the purple pen and the chalk liners. Then someone brought up the Frixion pen by Pilot. Oh my gosh, the ink disappeared when I ironed it! Pilot was a genius.<br />
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Awesome, except the lines come back if you put it in the cold and my background is white. I emailed the company and asked if they would make a pen like this for fabric. They said they'd look into it. This pen does have it's uses, but not on white fabric going to a loved one. Like others have said, use with caution and test your fabric as Pilot never designed it for fabric.<br />
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I think my choice is the purple pen. <br />
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Then while at the quilt shop I discovered this:<br />
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Not sure how long this product has been around, but I LOVE it. The pins are so much easier to use and it's worth the 20 dollars I paid for it. <br />
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<br />Bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164286285384762770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37810406.post-66006011622839337472015-11-19T12:50:00.000-08:002015-11-19T12:50:28.365-08:00Catching UpBeen super busy this fall. Decided to take two classes, Drawing 1 and American History before Civil War. For someone who is a quilter, you'd think drawing would be easy. It's not. My brain and fingers don't work together and it drives me crazy. I come home with a splitting headache every class. I like both classes but it's been very challenging. Not nearly as bad as the summer classes. I'll be brave and put up one of the bottle drawings. We had to cover the entire paper in charcoal and then "wipe" out the bottle and table. I have discovered that I hate stuff on my hands like pencil and charcoal. Clay is the worst. I don't even want my hands in it. Glue is just as bad. Go figure.<br />
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Been working on some mini albums as well. This is the center page layout. I wish Graphic 45 had ribbon that matched their papers. They are the only company were nothing outside their line matches. I'll get some more pictures up in another post. I still have Mom things to do today.<br />
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Bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164286285384762770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37810406.post-13337716112099842872015-08-01T02:04:00.001-07:002015-08-01T02:04:29.492-07:00Two Months Later..Past two months have been super busy and super hard. My son said, "Mom, you should go to college. You don't even have a life and don't do anything". Huh? I'm a mom. I clean house. I keep track of kids. I feed you. I am doing something..mom stuff you that don't get.<br />
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But he got me thinking so I checked it out. We have a local college, Peru State 12 miles up the road. My son has taken online classes to keep up and I figured why not? So I enrolled. Ever try enrolling in college after 20 years? It's a PITA. They want transcripts from the colleges I was at. They want FASFA crap. They want tax forms. Then it turned out I applied at a college while living in Illinois when Peru ran a check. Ever try getting two colleges to communicate that I never went, but applied? It's horrible. Finally I told Peru to call up the other college and work it out since you have connections I don't.<br />
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Once that all worked out I qualified for a grant. What they don't tell you is that grants are prorated for the credits you take. I decided to go part-time and my grant money was prorated for that. Why can't you just pay for two classes, books and a lab and then take the rest back? Doesn't work that way.<br />
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So I decided to take an Art History class and Biology 101. I don't know what I want to be when I grow up and figured gen-eds would work. My college transcripts covered Eng 101 and a language. Another thing I learned the hard way. Summer classes are 16 week courses down to 8 weeks. Ouch. Got the books and purchased the online Biology Lab. Yup. You can do lab work online. Don't. Just. Don't. I spent HOURS doing labs that were only worth 10 points each. You could have 6 labs in one "class" and only get 10 points. Learnsmart Labs. May you die a slow and painful death.<br />
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I like the idea of online labs. However; Learnsmart did a horrible job at user interface, following directions, not letting you know what you are doing wrong, and throwing fits over everything. "You have 4 numbers that aren't correct" which translates to start the lab over and over until those 4 numbers are correct. The last lab took 5 hours for 3 labs for a total of 10 points because I had no clue how to do a Hardy-Weinberg equation. Lab assumed you knew and gave no help whatsoever. 5 hours later and I'm a pro.<br />
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Despite the labs, taking timed tests twice a week, 3 papers, online art field trips, Blackboard discussions (another PITA) and a TON of reading I have a B+ in Biology and an A- in Art Appreciation. Not bad for not having been to college in 20 years. <br />
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I can't wait to get back into quilting and mini album making. Will I go to Fall Semester? Given the prorated grant money issue, I'm not sure. I refuse to take out student loans so I'll save up for Spring. Student loans are nothing by indentured servitude for the rest of your life. It's disgusting how that works. I think most of us have no problem paying a loan back, but being set up to fail is wrong. All I see is predator lending.<br />
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BTW, Amazon.com lets you rent books for 3/4 cheaper than you local college. 25 vs. 80? Amazon.com wins. Bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164286285384762770noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37810406.post-4498699356121978902015-03-19T10:37:00.000-07:002015-03-19T10:54:53.547-07:00Steam-A-Seam Lite? Love It Or Hate It? *Edited*I went to my LQS to get some fusible webbing for the "My Tweets" quilt I started several years ago and came home with Steam-A-Seam Lite. I rolled it out expecting paper to draw on and got wax paper instead. Huh? You can't draw on wax paper. On the other side where the fusible webbing is, there are paper instructions. You have to pull off this paper and draw on the fusible. I should have taken it back right then but my son took off with the car.<br />
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Pulling off the paper side lifts your fusible webbing. You cannot use a pencil with this fusible. You cannot use a regular pen with this fusible. I had to use a Sharpie pen. What do you do if you are using white or light colored fabric? Since you are going over webbing, my accuracy was off and if I drew into the space, I had to start over. Trying to do small pieces would be a nightmare.<br />
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Once you've traced the pattern onto the fusible, you turn it over and put it on the fabric and press it. I get the wax paper usage now. However; I now have marker lines on my fabric when I cut off the paper. It's a good thing I'm satin stitching or I'd be really upset.<br />
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The upside to this fusible webbing is that it works. I pressed the pieces down onto my block and didn't have issues. It is light and pliable and it made satin stitching so much easier. <br />
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Would I buy it again? Probably not. I don't want to trace using a marker and if it bleeds into the fabric, it's ruined.<br />
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Anyone else used this product? Any tips that would make me use it again? I have 3 yards left and I have no desire to trace several hundred leaves with a marker and then hope it doesn't mess with light green fabric. <br />
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<b>*Duh*</b>. Call the company and ask about how to use the product. The lady was really sweet and explained that I had an older version that didn't sell well because of the tracing problem and they had come out with a new version. <br />
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Bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164286285384762770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37810406.post-34430766243903324012015-03-17T22:14:00.000-07:002015-03-17T22:14:02.443-07:00Fabric Test Cut And Draw With The Cricut ExploreAfter going through my stash and working one project I wondered what a favorite BOM quilt designer has been up too. She's started another BOM called "Be Happy" and I downloaded the first two blocks. I wondered how easy it would be to draw on fusible webbing and how well the Explore cuts fabric.<div>
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I tried to import the image into Design Studio but couldn't get the picture to trace well. It kept seeing the white behind the block and I finally gave up. I have the Mac version of MTC and imported the screenshot. I cleaned up the picture and used the layers setting to separate the pieces. The problem with importing raster images is that the software sees 2 lines (the edges) instead of one single line. I think MTC does have a setting to do single lines but I'm not sure where it is.</div>
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<br />Bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164286285384762770noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37810406.post-65412086624720523642015-03-17T13:40:00.002-07:002015-03-17T13:40:34.916-07:00Another PIG/UFO QuiltThis one I'm not sure how to finish as well. I don't even know how to press it without making a mess. Each block is 1.5 inch square. I wanted to make it larger using borders and then appliqué some small flowers in the border.<br />
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I'm not sure where I got the pattern from but she just added purple binding and hand quilted through the white blocks. Maybe I should just go that route. I just thought some tiny purple pansies and leaves would really set it off. <br />
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I wasn't sick this ride and my energy wasn't drained even as the day went by. The thyroid medication has been amazing and this is the best I've felt in years. I still ended up with a splitting headache in the middle of the night, but it was a great ride. The day was gorgeous, wind was perfect and the ride smooth. I'm really hoping I can do the Heatstroke 100 in August. I won't make 100 miles but I'm shooting for the 30 mile trip.<br />
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Still wishing for a mountain bike but it's not going to happen. The one thing I've learned is not to ride a bike you can't afford. Bikes are overpriced anyway, but a 2000 dollar bike is so much better than an 800 dollar one. I can't afford an 800 dollar one so I can't worry about that either. I'd love a Specialized Rockhopper, Crave or the women's Jett. Maybe once the kids are out of school I can start saving. I need to stay off of CL as well. <br />
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Bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164286285384762770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37810406.post-35260144204819371732015-03-13T19:13:00.001-07:002015-03-13T19:15:22.426-07:00Graphic 45 "Home Sweet Home" Recipe BookI finally finished this today! I love this paper even though it's not "me". It's bright, cheery and reminds me of my grandmother's kitchen. I can smell the bread baking and my grandmother singing from this paper.<br />
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My grandmother could do anything. She sang, played piano and organ, danced and made the best out of every situation. She worked hard all her life but knew how to laugh and have fun. She let me help make bread, can the vegetables, snap peas out on the porch, and help take care of my grandpa by bringing him sandwiches when he came in from the farm. I helped her with the laundry outside like the lady on the front cover. I was scared of the cows especially after my sister was bitten by one. My grandfather was up early to milk the cows and gone all day so helping with lunch was a treat. He was a mechanic and farmer and I love the smell of grease even to this day. <br />
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I don't know how she kept her house immaculately clean with everyone going in and out all day and always looked like she was ready to go some place nice. Maybe because she didn't have all the distractions of today's life style. She wasn't perfect. She yelled at my brother for breaking her organ bench and the ugly lamp he broke with it and she was hopping mad. My grandpa said he was glad he did as he detested that lamp and wished he could have broken it first. It was pretty ugly, but she loved it.<br />
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The book was done with Ginger's tutorial over at "My Sisters Scrapper" YouTube channel on her Christmas album. The recipe cards are my own design off of Silhouette Design Studio software. I searched for vintage looking cards but nothing came up that I loved. Graphic 45 does have Ephemera cards with recipes in a package when I asked if they had recipe cards.<br />
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I put my mom's "No Bake Cookie" recipe in so I wouldn't lose it. I accidentally tossed it and couldn't find the same one on the internet. Most of them had peanut butter included and this doesn't. When I asked where she got it, she said she'd had the recipe since high school. It belongs in this book for sure then.<br />
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I added recipe cards in the first pocket and then on the large page. I haven't figured out how to keep the card in and if I glued it down, you couldn't take it out. I'll figure this one out. Had I thought about it, I would have done the same thing with the front and back page. <br />
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<br />Bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164286285384762770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37810406.post-83746478680943800272015-03-05T20:52:00.000-08:002015-03-05T20:52:21.781-08:00Bike BlingWow. I can't believe how much better I am feeling after taking thyroid medication! Tomorrow is supposed to be perfect for cycling and I can't wait. First thing tomorrow is getting her cleaned up and ready for outside riding and then do 5 miles. I'll see how my energy goes since it fluctuates. <div>
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I updated my Ridley with purple handlebar tape from Bontrager. Talk about amazing. Ridley put on crap tape and I should have done this months ago. LOVE the purple. I'll spend some time adjusting the stem tomorrow as well.</div>
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Sigh. Specialized, your pedals totally rock coming from crappy ones but purple would set my heart on fire. Turns out after a Google search a couple of companies make purple pedals but they were 120 dollars. Not happening this year. <br />
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Bike set up. Not even close to matching, but I ride rurally so who's gonna look? <br />
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Bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164286285384762770noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37810406.post-36216410055706070342015-03-05T19:43:00.001-08:002015-03-05T20:39:14.997-08:00Graphic 45 "Steampunk Spells" JournalI bought Graphic 45's "Steampunk Spells" paper last week and knew my sister would LOVE it. She wanted a journal instead of an album and I've been working on it. <br />
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Journal measures 6.5x9.75. It started out with a Composition book that I took apart and realized after I punched holes with my Cinch that it wasn't going to work. I used the 8x8 pad for the cover. I cut out the lady, put the rose border around and used two cards and the stamps to cover the corners where the borders didn't meet.<br />
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After being sick in December with a swollen neck, two weeks of antibiotics and visit to a neurologist, it turns out I have hypothyroidism. What blows my mind is that it took a neurologist to figure it out, order blood tests and get me on meds. I have talked to a regular doc for years about not having any energy, being exhausted, not able to ride/walk or run without feeling sick 10 minutes later. I was always freezing. I haven't progressed in mileage for 4 years and no one has taken it seriously. <br />
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I started meds about 3 weeks ago and am finally feeling a difference. It's like a huge fog has lifted and I can see a light at the end of the tunnel. My energy is better. I'm not sleeping for so long. I feel "happy" if that makes sense. I don't feel as sick and I've been able to get back on a bike.<br />
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I did twenty minutes on a bike today. It doesn't seem like much of an achievement, but since December about 5 minutes was all I could do and have to get off. In fact I've been feeling so good I decided to treat myself to new bar tape, an adjustable stem and super nice platform pedals last Saturday.<br />
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Now for the shocker. After ripping off the bar tape and putting the stem on I realized how bad my handlebars and shifters where out of alignment. My jaw dropped. How could I not have noticed? After thinking about it, I figured it had been set up at the shop correctly after I went down a ravine. One shifter was higher than the other. The bar and shifters wasn't straight and centered and the left shifter had been twisted inward. My left shifter was also an inch further out than the right.<br />
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After a YouTube search I have my handlebar and shifters aligned correctly, the same distance apart and set up to how I ride. The twenty minute ride I did today was amazing without pain. My left arm not hurting and my feet pedaling more efficiently. Who knew an eighty dollar set of pedals would work wonders on my feet?<br />
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I've discovered I despise glue guns. I wanted to smack the computer as Shellie would take her glue gun and with ease glue down trim, ribbon, lace, pearls, flowers, and other items. I had glue everywhere but where it was supposed to go. It wouldn't come out evenly and by the end I've sworn never to use a glue gun again. </div>
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I made several changes as the metal glue she used made me gag and it wasn't working. I pulled out super glue and within a few seconds had the metal parts taken care of.</div>
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My flowers are Recollections from Michaels and the metal flowers are from JoAnn. The ribbon is from Tim Holtz and fell in love immediately with it.</div>
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I added keys to my cover and changed the closure since I couldn't get the metal glue and gears to work. The key hole is from Tim Holtz as well. The keys are from Prima. And I did add the "Bling on a Roll" to the bottom of the paper once I realized I'd missed it.</div>
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I changed the spine and made it more intricate. It's probably overkill, but I figured I'd go out on this album. Brads are from Recollections. The punch is from Martha Stewart and has become one of my favorites.</div>
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I taught my first class in November. It was a LONG day. I'm not sure I like teaching but it was 20 people in a small room with different needs. I'm more of an individual helper and trying to help 20 people at various stages of the project was overwhelming.<br />
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I taught a class on PaperHoarderDisorder's Gatefold Box tutorial. You can purchase the tutorial and box from her <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/PaperHoarderDisorder">Etsy store</a>. Her tutorials are fast and easy. I used Graphic 45's "Raining Cats and Dogs" paper line. She's really great to work with and is super sweet as I purchased a one time class fee that was reasonable.<br />
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I LOVE this paper line and should have bought more of it. Most of the ladies purchased Graphic 45's Christmas and "Time to Celebrate" paper to make the gatefold album.<br />
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Since the bike incidents, I started running..err..gasping…err..walking since I need to do something. I have been doing a pathetic mile (400 meter is almost 4 minutes) for a couple of weeks now. When I started riding yesterday, I could tell a HUGE difference in riding. I'm much stronger and managed the 10 miles w/o dying of oxygen and didn't struggle with the wind. Riding a fat bike with 30 mph winds made my shoulders and arms really sore though. Riding again helped me realize how much I do enjoy it.<br />
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Not sure what to do about my fat bike. My son leaves for the Navy in July and I don't mountain bike by myself so I really don't have a need for the bike anymore. I still have my cross bike, but if I did want to ride a trail, I'd be out of a bike. I should just keep the bike and quit worrying so much.<br />
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Here are the two extra pages: She had folded up some papers in half and made a notebook but I didn't have that much paper:</div>
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And the waterfall pages lifted up. One side has blue and the other has black pages:</div>
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I used paper from Stampin' Up..Artichoke? that was the perfect color to blend the papers together. To grunge up the paper I used Tim Holtz's distress ink "Weathered Wood" and "Victorian Velvet" instead of a vintage brown color. Both together created this beautiful vintage purple that set off the papers and flowers. I used "Weathered Wood" to age the green and kraft paper. I found burlap paper at JoAnn's to the back. I wish I had one of those fancy tools that makes holes in chipboard at times to add charms or ribbon. I used Tim Holtz's die with several flowers on it. Totally love this die to create tattered flowers. <br />
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<br />Bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164286285384762770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37810406.post-51502966059005018412014-05-29T12:26:00.001-07:002014-05-29T12:26:39.496-07:00Graphic 45 "Typography" Mini AlbumAs usual I should stop starting new projects and finish up what I've been working on. I have stacks of paper all over the floor in an attempt to organize by project. It doesn't help that watching YouTube inspires me to start new projects or I fall victim to the next paper stack I fall in love with. This is worse than fabric. Fabric prices have skyrocketed into 11-12 dollars a yard when I last walked into a quilt shop. Ouch. <br />
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I started my "Typography" mini album last week and almost have it done. I love this paper from Graphic 45 and it's starting to get harder to find. Graphic 45's line has hit and miss papers with me and it seems the older stacks are far better than the newer ones. <br />
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I got this mini from Ginger over at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/mysistersscrapper">"My Sister's Scrapper" </a> and copied it from her. She used an 8x8 pad and kept the paper at 4 inches which gives you tons of paper to use. I added some stuff like more pockets and embellished the inside photo papers. <br />
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<br />Bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164286285384762770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37810406.post-44120460388880979192014-04-25T18:14:00.001-07:002014-04-25T18:14:40.358-07:00Dogs, Hills and BikesWell, there's nothing like a barking dog running towards you that gets you up a 14% grade hill ASAP on your bike. Dogs and bikes are not a good combination and it's hard finding a rural road that doesn't have a large dog protecting their home. I wish I had a safe place to ride. <br />
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Last weekend I got a flat tire 7 miles from the car. The one time I don't have my patch kit is the day this happens. I called up hubby to let him know I'll be a lot later than I planned due to a flat tire. When he asked where I was, I told him towards Nebraska City and heading back to Peru. After I hung up (always have a cell phone when riding) I realized I was 2 miles north of road "R" and he could pick me up. The Steamboat Trace trail is practically desolate with about 3 intersecting roads along a 25 mile stretch so I got lucky. I called hubby back up and said he could pick me up and gave him directions. Thankfully I only had to walk 2 miles. I'm SO glad it was a Saturday or I would have been stuck walking back the entire way. Hubby has banned me from riding the trail now so I need to find a route that works closer to home.<br />
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I made it 11 miles today so I'm feeling good after healing up from two popped ribs. I'm wondering if reaching 100 miles this year is out of range and need to settle for something smaller like 50 miles.<br />
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Bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164286285384762770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37810406.post-32785805836712246432014-04-25T18:00:00.002-07:002014-04-25T18:00:53.381-07:00Graphic 45 "By The Sea" Mini AlbumI ended up putting the "Couture" album away for now. It's giving me a headache because I'm so picky. I need to learn to relax. It doesn't help I hit boredom about 3/4 way through a project. The joys of no attention span..was that a bird?<br />
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The mini album tutorial is from <a href="http://somuchscrap.blogspot.com/">SoMuchScrap</a>. Check out her Etsy store as she has some amazing mini albums. The "Couture" album is from her as well. The tutorials are easy to read and put together.<br />
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These are some of the pages I've made. I don't glue anything down until I know what I want. There's nothing worse than realizing you did something wrong and can't change it. I have to order the paper and it's not cheap or easy to find so if you mess up, good luck. Graphic 45 doesn't make enough paper and it gets frustrating when every online store is sold out. <br />
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She used Spellbinders Label 21 to make the edges. I couldn't find it in any store and Amazon wanted 20-25 dollars. I hate how much Spellbinders charges for their stuff and 5 dollars per metal die is insane. Even if you find them on sale, they are still overpriced. So… I went looking for SVG sets that had a similar design and found one from <a href="http://www.birdscards.com/">Bird's Cards</a> that was perfect. I went back to the Spellbinders site and wrote down the measurements. I work better in MTC for SVG files as you can put fractions in for sizes. I then saved it as an SVG file and imported it into Design Space. I thought MTC has a nesting function but couldn't find it. <br />
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Cricut Design Space is still goofy to work with and I forgot it doesn't import anything true to size. Grrr. I managed to use the largest design and get it close enough to the original numbers from Spellbinders and scaled it to size. I used my Explore to cut out the templates. <br />
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My only gripe with So Much Scrap's tutorials is that her pages run to the 1/8 size like 7 5/8 and then has you center the die. Good luck finding 3 11/16 as center point if you OCD as you have to center the Graphic 45 papers as well. Next time I do one of her albums, I'm using normal numbers that fit nicely.<br />
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I can't wait for the rest of my stuff to come as Amazon finally got some more paper in and ordered it. <br />
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