tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77978171611543597592024-03-19T21:41:43.902+11:00 Cinzia White DesignsCinziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12961146867003649815noreply@blogger.comBlogger645125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797817161154359759.post-3646255105657131302020-02-28T13:43:00.000+11:002020-02-28T13:43:04.096+11:00Collection 18 - Where Did That Name Come From?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wow Collection 18! We are really steaming along these days. Anyone managing to make a collection a week? I didn't when I made the quilt. I could often make one block a day but that wasn't day in and day out. I would often spend a day every now and then cutting out multiple blocks, 10 or so even, and then stitch away merrily. When I had finished those ten, or almost finished them I would then spend another few days cutting blocks. It was the easiest way I found to keep going.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway onto the point of this post, the block names.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Sunflowers </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(yellow and green in the middle) </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This was to me the obvious name for this bright block. Just as sunflowers stand tall and bright moving to always face the sun this block stares right out to the viewer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Louis XIV</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(pink & white stripe on grey - top block)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Ahhhhh I mucked up my Roman numerals This was supposed to be Louis 16th (XVI) but by accident I reversed the letters and it says Louis 14th. Absolutely no idea of anything about Louis XIV :-(</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Louis XVI was the last king before the French Revolution in 1792 and was married to Marie-Antoinette.... of the 'let them eat cake' fame. They married when he was only 15 and didn't have children for many years which wasn't the norm at the time. They ended up having four children and adopting several children of various staff when their parents died. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">He was very insecure and wanted to be liked by his people and in this hope introduced changes to the running of government to benefit the people.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">He was beheaded on the guillotine in 1793 and his body was buried in a mass grave with other beheaded people. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Always found Louis XVI interesting and the fabrics just reminded me of him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Hydrangeas</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(purple floral on pale apricot- RHS top)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The name of course came from the fabrics. Everyone grew these flowers when I was a child. Did you know that the colour is affected by the acidity of the soil? Blue it's alkaline, red it's acidic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Writer's Lament</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(blue on white on a purple-pink fabric - RHS bottom)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">You have all had those days when you must write a report, letter or something and there is no way you can word it so it sounds OK.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Jet Plane</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(olive green on cream- bottom block)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The shape reminded me of the propellor found on old fashioned planes. These days we don't see the propellers but they are still there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Evening Star</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(striped on blue - LHS bottom)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I really like stripes and wanted a block that allowed the matching of the stripes. The simplicity of this block made it perfect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Flights of Fancy</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(pale floral Japanese print on cream - LHS top)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A fancy fabric circling a central pole .. to me it seemed obvious :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797817161154359759.post-19266628616469842272020-02-14T02:51:00.000+11:002020-02-14T02:51:00.306+11:00Collection 17 - Where Did That Name Come From? <table border="0"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Aren't the colours what you would expect in a <i>Fresh Start?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i>The Thief of Time </i> is a clock found on a back alley in Paris. He looks like a tall skinny fellow who would sneak in to your home in the late of the night. I wonder if they will ever fix it so that it works again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">My favourite author for many years was terry Pratchett and I love his Discworld novels. They are traditional stories with the characters begin changed to be witches, trolls, dwarfs and even Death. From one of these the <i>Gathering</i> of a coven of witches was brought to mind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The colours in <i>Scattered Jewels </i>scattered among the floral background gave this block its title.</span></div>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have never wanted to make a pineapple log cabin and after <i>Pinepaple Mixup </i>am positive that I won't make a quilt using it.</span></td><td><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i>Dust 'n Crumbs</i> is a quilt that I made using those crumbs, small scraps left over from other projects. It may surprise you but I have a large single bed quilt made of scraps just as small as those used in this block.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>C17 Pineapple Mixup</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">One day I will appliqué curves and points just like Merelyn ... if I actually start and practise it could help to improve my skills rather than just dreaming. My version is machine appliquéd and even then doesn't look anywhere near as good as Merelyn's </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>C17 M's Clover</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i>Still Too Small</i> was my second attempt at this block and it was as the title says still too small. Solution just add another border.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i>Yvonne's Mystery</i> was designed for a friend who wanted a quilt using Flying Geese... well the geese did appear in the outer border!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I always thought of a play pen as a gaol and the bars through the middle of this block gave me the same feel :) Warped sense of humour I suppose you could say.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">What other name would be appropriate for <i>Bull's Eye?</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Rhonda is a friend I quilted with for several years. The name <i>Ravishing Rhonda</i> came from Margaret when she was trying to find a way to have Rhonda's name appear at the top of her R names in her mobile phone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Or imagine what happens when two dozen packets of Tim Tams split out of their box after travelling across the world in a box poorly packed by a younger brother!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Margaret is a wonderful friend who 'loaned' me much of the pastel fabric for Racontuer. I wanted to make a pastel quilt and there was only one thing stopping me .. an almost total lack of pastel fabrics. <i>Magaret's Choice </i>was one of the first fabrics Margaret 'loaned' me. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I wonder if she wants them back?</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>C16 Margaret's Choice</i></td></tr>
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Wow isn't it amazing how quickly we are racing through the collections. We are almost a third of the way through. a few people have sent along their photos and it is great to see these. I would love to see more and my photoshopping skills are improving.</div>
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So why were these blocks named as they are?</div>
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<i>Searching</i>, hey it's a maze and although you can easily find your way out most times you can't.</div>
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<i>Goldilocks,</i> again this was to me the only choice. Aren't the 1930s fabrics cute. Mind you I'm positive I could never finish an entire quilt using just those.</div>
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<i>e.coli</i> this late at night I am assuming the only thing one can about the naming of this block. Was it on one of our cruises that I made this one or was it the time I ate seafood which didn't smell quite right. We never did go back to that shop.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "coming soon"; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">There are many of my memories within the blocks of Raconteur, the nights of Monopoly and cheers when I held the </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Coming Soon'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; text-align: start;">Bond Street</i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "coming soon"; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;"> card in my hand - it was my good luck charm. As a child I fought to win like every other child. Now I dislike the game and that same aspect. For every winner there are more losers and I won't play. Thankfully our children have discovered many other games which aren't quite as cut throat though cut throat are still their favourites. </span></span></div>
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<br /></td><td><span style="text-align: justify;">The star within the star suggested an enveloping of arms and protection.</span></td></tr>
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<i>Bees to the Hive, </i>don't the dots look like small insects and although the hives look like little Pacmen from the arcade packman game of the 70s I took them to also be hives.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This collection is a side collection, used to fill in the side edges of the quilt to make them straight. This is a quick collection to make as everything here is made with machine piecing and foundation piecing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Pebbles in the Storm</span> (blue on pink) shows the ripples formed as water rushes down the street and around small rocks during a storm. Don't we all just love the rain ... particularly these days with increasingly long droughts. Parts of Australia have been in drought for many years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Cheryl's Pendant</span> (mustard on cream) - one of my friends always wears the most exquisite jewelry and this particular pendant she had bought on a trip through the Middle East a few years previously.</span></div>
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</td><td>Oops <i>Log Cabin Baskets</i> is upside down. If you stand on your head you may be able to see the basket more clearly... or perhaps not:)</td><td><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td>The design for <i>Argyle Sweaters</i> was taken from a jumper I made many years ago. I must get back into knitting sometime it was such a relaxing pastime.</td><td><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br /></td><td><i>Winter Secrets </i>is a miniaturised version of one of the blocks from my quilt Winter Secrets. This was a stitchery which I designed, reworking some of the blocks from Raconteur, for when I was travelling and not wanting to take too much stuff.</td></tr>
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<br /></td><td>The design for Norwegian Wind came from a jumper that my youngest son bought. He lives in Norway and so the name. Carol's version is <a href="http://raconteurwithcinzia.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/curves-oh-what-fun.html">here</a> </td><td><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td><i>Maypole </i> is made in an interesting manner. I made two identical blocks and then cut sections out from one of them and appliquéd them onto the other reversing the colours.. my appliqué skills were definitely improving although it was just a circle that had to be appliquéd so no points or tricky bits. For a TOTALLY different appearance check out Carol's two versions <a href="http://raconteurwithcinzia.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/fear-of-curves.html">here</a>.</td><td><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br /></td><td><i>Natures's Force</i> was simply six arcs sewn together. If you check out <a href="http://raconteurwithcinzia.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/curves-oh-what-fun.html">Carol's block</a> you will see though that it is also easily made using appliqué.</td></tr>
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<br /></td><td><i>Spinning Spokes </i>was my first attempt at really tiny hexagons NOT made with English Paper Piecing and it was a success confirming that this was a method I could avoid for now and the future.... try it. You will be amazed. Carol again showed a total change with her colour choices <a href="http://raconteurwithcinzia.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/childhood-memories_25.html">here</a>.</td><td><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>C13 Spinning spokes</i></td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797817161154359759.post-42393790935185651902019-12-06T12:16:00.000+11:002019-12-06T12:16:03.396+11:00Collection 12 - Where Did That Name Come From? <br />
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<br /></td><td>Collection 12 contains mainly blocks that were designed and made early on in the quilt that became Raconteur. I hope you enjoy making them as much as I did.</td><td><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>C12 Hidden Extras</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td><i>Watching</i> was a very easy design to draw..but took several goes before I finally thought to resort to using a machine..at least for parts of it... to centre the white hexagons I had to sew MINUTE triangle to two sides. I finally worked out it was best to strip piece this section and then it was a piece of cake</td><td><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br /></td><td><i>Hidden Extras, </i>look closely at this block and you will see a blue star in the centre. It appears to be 'made' by quilting lines but no I did actually sew those little triangles in separately. I had made a mistake when cutting the fabric and as I wasn't home when I sewed it I couldn't cut out more fabric.</td></tr>
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<br /></td><td>Doesn't <i>Turnaround</i> remind you of those artists who juggle sticks of fire. You can see them spinning and turning in the air.<br />
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In <i>Sparrow's Flight</i> one can remember the little birds as they flit in and out from the bird feeders</td><td><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">C12 <i>Sparrow's Flight</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td>My youngest son has always participated in many charity fund raisers and <i>Relay for Life </i>was one of these. As part of their 'kit' everyone received a pair of lilac shoe laces.</td><td><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br /></td><td>There are few movies I remember from my youth and <i>No Roses for Michael </i>is one of those. It came out early on when drugs were becoming more common and was part of a government scare campaign. I always remembered the name and the poor fellow in the gutter at the end. It was probably one of the things that terrified me enough to keep me from experimenting in my youth.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">C12 <i>Lemon Souffle</i></td></tr>
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<br /></td><td><i>Lemon Souffle</i> was for many years my favourite summer desert. It isn't your usual hot runny version but a cold desert. Light as the name suggests but held together with gelatine.... must make another one soon.</td><td><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>C12 No Roses For Michael</i></td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797817161154359759.post-33478167728224184542019-11-22T00:14:00.000+11:002019-11-22T00:14:07.592+11:00Collection 11 - Where Did That Name Come From? <table border="0"><tbody>
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</td><td>Well Collection 11 must be the most insane collection. This collection contains about 500 individual pieces! Yet it doesn't contain the block with the most pieces from the entire collections.<br />
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these are gorgeous blocks but if you haven't paper pieced before then I strongly suggest you do the exercises in the tutorial I uploaded earlier.</td><td><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><i>C11 Mandola at Midnight</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Don't you just love those little children who hold up an assortment of fingers declaring <i>I'm Three </i>and what could me more enjoyable than a<i> Rose Garden</i>... well a rose garden that is maintained by someone else. I live opposite a TAFE college which taught horticulture. The students practiced on my garden and I enjoyed the fruits of their labour. Carol's blocks <a href="http://raconteurwithcinzia.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/youthful-fun.html" target="_blank"><i>I'm Three</i> and <i>Rose Garden</i></a></td><td><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><i>C11 The Rose Garden</i></td></tr>
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<br /></td><td><i>Mandola at Midnight</i> - yes I did design this at midnight. I had received QNM just that day but being very busy didn't have the opportunity to read it until bedtime. This became another night of little sleep and so I decided I may as well get up and have a go at designing my own mandola as the directions seemed so easy :)<br />
To read more about this block and also to see Carol's block click <a href="http://raconteurwithcinzia.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/midnight-escapades.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</td></tr>
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<br /></td><td>Lynn Hewitt is a NSW quilter who teaches throughout the state. At one retreat I attended she taught sashiko and everyone in the class agreed it was a most relaxing pastime.</td><td><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption">C11 Lynn Loves Sashiko</td></tr>
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<tr><td><i>Tall Ships</i> was a variation on a block that I found in Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks. I can't remember which issue but it was an early one. The original block was an eight point star and didn't resemble ships at all... shows you how poor I am at trying to modify something... new block though</td><td><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption">C11 Tall Ships</td></tr>
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<br /></td><td><i>Hunter's Web</i> was supposed to be a log cabin. If you found you way into this cabin you might not find your way out. Carol's <a href="http://raconteurwithcinzia.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/youthful-fun.html" target="_blank">block</a></td></tr>
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<br /></td><td>I know there is little <i>Winter Sun</i> apparent in this block but it is what I think the winter sun would be like in the cold northern hemisphere where the sun seldom shines in summer. Carol's <a href="http://raconteurwithcinzia.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/youthful-fun.html" target="_blank">block</a> is a lot brighter.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption">C11 The Hunter's Web</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797817161154359759.post-22339004114788461362019-11-08T22:06:00.000+11:002019-11-08T22:06:01.408+11:00Collection 10 - Where Did That Name Come From?<br />
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</td><td style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Collection 10 contains mainly early blocks ... and how can I tell this? Well simply by the colours of the fabrics used. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Raconteur was to be a pastel quilt. After about 100 blocks I discovered that I wasn't a pastel girl and if I didn't extend my palette then I would never finish.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Funny to think that it took me so long to work out pastels weren't my thing ... I'd had to scrounge many of the fabrics for my early blocks from my friend Margaret :)</span></span></td><td><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">C10 <i>Twenty One</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Fiesta </i>was obviously named because of the colour and pattern in the fabric, very similar to what one would expect to see when ribbons are twirling in the air at the parades of a South American party. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I just had a thought I hope fiesta means party as I never bothered to look it up just thought it did.</span></span></td><td><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">C10 <i>Fiesta</i></td></tr>
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<br /></td><td style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As I said in my BOM post <i>Twenty-One</i> was named because that was the name that popped into my head at the time.... surprisingly it is also the number of pieces of feature fabric that was used... I only discovered this when writing the previous post.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">C10 <i>Rainbow Writing</i></td></tr>
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<br /></td><td style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">What do children in kindergarden spend an unbelievable amount of time doing? <i>Rainbow Writing</i>, writing words over the top of themselves using as many different colours as possible. Looks pretty ..takes time.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">C10 <i> Sweet September</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I don't think there is actually an airport called <i>US International</i> but travelling through the USA it never ceased to amaze me how busy and full their airports always were. Few places of peace, or places to relax between flights.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">C10 <i>US International</i></td></tr>
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<br /></td><td style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">September is spring and that is when the lavendar blossoms. I love when the lilac blosoms tumble to the ground... <i>Sweet September</i></span></span></td></tr>
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<br /></td><td style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Salmon Run</i>, the young fish are washed into the sea andspread afar. Yet years later return to waters they never knew. Some make it back others are not so fortunate.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Who didn't grow up watching <i>The Mouscateers? </i>I still remember the Xmas I received my own mouse ears hat. Never see them these days. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes Mickey was <i>My Hero.</i></span></span></td><td><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</td><td>Collection 9 - moving along the second row of the quilt..only a few more rows to go:)<br />
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<i style="text-align: justify;">Sports Day</i><span style="text-align: justify;"> was made at the end of a long day at school. When I first started teaching I taught at a wonderful school which had these great sports days where there was an event for any child who wanted to participate. Many schools now still carry on this idea and I love the friendships that are displayed on these days in particular. This block was to represent the parachute activities that are common particularly when little children are involved. The children hold onto the edge and lift it up as high as they can and then run inside while a few strategically placed adults remain on the edge holding it out. Laughter always dominates these events.</span></td><td><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td><i>Childish Tube</i> - do you remember that old tractor tyre that you would take to the local swimming hole. Everyone would hang onto it or then you would play King of the Castle and see who could stay on the longest. Wrapping your legs as tight as possible around the tube was your only chance of staying on.</td><td><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br /></td><td><i>Accepted Few</i> is a reminder of the nastiness of schools and the groups, who is in and who is not. School isn't always a happy place for one and all.</td></tr>
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<br /></td><td><i>Rabbits in the Light </i> yes I was a country kid and we did go rabbit hunting. When I was a child it was to provide food on the table and the way my mum prepared it was the best. Nothing as sweet as memories of childhood favourites.</td><td><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td>Denali is a mountain in Alaska and although it is quite high the day we visited there was so much cloud cover that all that could be seen were a couple of smallish hills</td><td><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<br /></td><td><i>Portrait Pain</i> we have all been there ..school photos.. stand straight look this way smile now..you all know the routine... My eldest always hated them and although he had the money to pay for the photos he would regularly skip out, particularly at high school. I think I only have two photos of him while there.</td></tr>
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<br /></td><td><i>When Two are One </i>was made to represent how two people in love can develop as one each making the other complete.</td><td><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td>Collection 8 - can you believe we have come so far already? This collection contains a few of my favourite blocks, many of which were made early on as can be told by the soft pastel fabrics that were used.</td><td><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<br /></td><td><i>Spring Surprise</i> was given its name because of the soft fabrics reminded me of the pansies that were blooming at the time.</td></tr>
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<br /></td><td><i>Too Many Thorns</i> - Just like our roses so many points and so many thorns.<br />
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<i>Banana Custard</i> - this must have been made in winter. With my sweet tooth banana custard is one of my many favourites.</td><td><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br /></td><td><i>City Living</i> - the tightness of this design suggested what I see as life in the city - Too much! Too close! The dream of distant open spaces.<br />
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<i>Rising Mist</i> - Umbrellas within a sea of blue. What better name?</td><td><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<br /></td><td><i>Summer Picnic</i> - Doesn't the floral fabric remind you of those frocks we all wore when we were younger.<br />
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<i>King of Versailles</i> - yes this was made during one of our visits to our son who was studying in Paris at the time. A beautiful city and so suited to us. We loved the early morning walks where many streets were empty as the city didn't wake up until 10:00.</td><td><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><i>Merry Margaret</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This single block is one of the corner collections. The corner and side collections are made of extended hexagons to fill the spaces so the quilt is easy to finish off rather than being in and out as hexagonal quilts often are.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So who is Margaret? </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">She is a close friend of mine who I worked with for many years .... well really simply shared an office. Both of us worked with special needs children but in different areas of need. We were both itinerant teachers and so were based at one school for all of our administration but travelled to various schools to help the children on our caseloads. It was hoped with support from teachers such as ourselves that children with special needs could remain in a regular class in their local school. Both of us would visit three, four or sometimes more schools in a day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Margaret took up patchwork when we worked together ... I seemed to have that effect on many coworkers introducing them to my obsession :-) She enjoyed traditional quilts and at one time took a particular like to the 1930s fabrics. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This fabric came from her stash and the heart at the bottom represents our mutual friendship and the star was added to give the block the appearance of a flower.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797817161154359759.post-84607239302242608032019-10-11T16:19:00.000+11:002019-10-11T16:19:02.898+11:00Collection 6 - Where did that name come from?<br />
This collection contains one of my favourite blocks Crystal Dreams, the fabrics do nothing to showcase the design but I still love it.<br />
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<tr><td><i><span style="color: red;">Short Changed </span></i>was one of the first blocks that were based on a smaller grid with an extra border. The original aim was to leave space for highlighting quilting, but my skills were too poor, atrocious is a more apt description for my machine quilting. Anyway due to my level of quilting skills I ended up leaving the area still plain.. Would like to see someone do something with their skills.</td><td><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</td><td><span style="color: red;"><i>Crystal Dreams</i></span> was designed to show some flowers in a crystal vase. The diamond cut that is common on many of the crystal vases inspired the design.<br />
Isn't it surprising that two fabrics that looked good together in strips don't come up so well when sewn...and then top it off with my being too lazy to resew the block...viola!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">C6 Disappearing Hope</td></tr>
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<br /></td><td><span style="color: red;"><i>Disappearing Hope</i></span> was made at a time when things were going pretty badly within my family after an argument with my father. Many things weren't too good at that time, but the block still looks good.</td><td><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">C6 Crystal Dreams</td></tr>
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<tr><td><span style="color: red;"><i>Fake Hands</i></span> was made around the same time as <i>Disappearing Hope</i>. People pretend to care but spite and jealousy cause a lot of harm..and then they walk away, leaving much damage.</td><td><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</td><td><span style="color: red;"><i>Enter With Care -</i></span> my eldest son worked for a while at Lucas Heights nuclear reactor and he would joke about consequences of a nuclear mishap. Youth knows no fear.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">C6 With Care</td></tr>
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<br /></td><td>The title <span style="color: red;"><i>With Care</i></span> came from the fact that care needed to be taken when fussy cutting this block.</td><td><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">C6 Enter With Care</td></tr>
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<tr><td><span style="color: red;"><i>Strung Out</i></span> was made about the same time as <i>Disappearing Hope </i>and<i> Fake Hands</i>. Gorgeous blocks for not such a nice time:)</td><td><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">C6 Strung Out</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://raconteurwithcinzia.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/green-eggs-ham-or-bananas-custard.html">Short Changed</a>, <a href="http://urwithcinzia.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/crystal-dreams.html">Crystal Dreams</a>, <a href="http://raconteurwithcinzia.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/original-2-two-more-blocks-from-carol.html">Disappearing Hope</a>, <a href="http://raconteurwithcinzia.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/fun-with-gorillas.html">Strung Out</a>, <a href="http://raconteurwithcinzia.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/friends-or-enemies.html">Enter With Care and Fake Hands</a>, <a href="http://raconteurwithcinzia.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/more-colour.html">With Care</a></span></span></div>
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So where are your photos? Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797817161154359759.post-51270468539262357972019-09-30T18:32:00.000+10:002019-09-30T18:32:01.077+10:00Collection 5 - Where Did That Name Come From?<span style="font-size: large;">Collection 5 contains some of my favourite blocks and many were early blocks in the design and making of Raconteur. How can I tell this? By looking at the colours used. Raconteur was to be my first 'pastel' quilt. However as I progressed I decided that baby pastels were just not my style and although I attempted to still remain in the pastel range I ventured into the stronger pastels such as those used in Mums Among the Gold, Echoes and Behind Walls.
So now for the origin of the names.
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</td><td><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://raconteurwithcinzia.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/more-colour.html"><span style="color: red;"><i>Behind the Walls</i></span> </a>- doesn't each individual section remind you of someone sitting alone in a little room, locked in their own thoughts and own world. Are they all the same or just that little bit different? You will never know for certain.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><i><a href="http://raconteurwithcinzia.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/english-paper-piecing-trials.html">Pointing the Finger</a></i> </span>was named after a long day spent mainly in primary schools. One thing which I always found interesting when working with children from toddler stage to the end of high school was the different ways that problems were sorted. I understood little kids would cry, you ask, they tell the cause...easy peasy. High school they sort out a lot of things with their friends or by themselves. Primary school they dob... jealous about something... dob on the kid, angry with someone...dob, doing the wrong thing...dob on someone else.... the day is full of kids dobbing, which is a slang word meaning to tell on someone or point the finger.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif;">The evolution of our preference for these colours for the particular sex has come about just since the first world war. Prior to that time both boys and girls wore the same crisp white dresses as girls until they were 6 or 7 years old. These colours were chosen for practicality since it was easiest to bleach everything. The bleaching rendered everything both clean and hygienic. Then pastel colours were introduced and babies were generally dressed in either. However around the time of World War I, there developed the fear that a child would grow up perverted if s/he were dressed in the 'wrong' coloured clothes and so the clothes became gender specific and with time these colours became set in stone. Research shows it could have quite easily gone the other way with pink being for boys and blue for girls.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeW8D5wVMEgIk63CMnMYVtRjZo1q98JNJ76a3aP72meVphCnUs8kTvp7k9gueIKZNZpllsZRDgOE5bvSANEBcB5qTU-GixMHIBE1HqvTO_xkQByHrLYYEcbYu87dBWY3VYgyqydoJ-tt8/s438/4Rac6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeW8D5wVMEgIk63CMnMYVtRjZo1q98JNJ76a3aP72meVphCnUs8kTvp7k9gueIKZNZpllsZRDgOE5bvSANEBcB5qTU-GixMHIBE1HqvTO_xkQByHrLYYEcbYu87dBWY3VYgyqydoJ-tt8/s200/4Rac6.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">The title <i><span style="color: red;">Your Decision </span></i>comes from the fact that the curve in this block is a basic one from mathematics. It is known as either a sine cure or a cosine curve, the only difference between the two is where they start.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The fine strips in <span style="color: red;"><i>Rainbow Semaphore</i></span> suggested the flags waving about when people used flags on a pole for semaphore... or what I think they looked like.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><i>New Beginnings</i></span> was made as a reminder to the start of a new life for my sister and her son when they moved into their own place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was visiting my brother-in-law one day and as we sat having coffee and cake, non-fattening almost, there were a couple of <span style="color: red; font-style: italic;">Birds </span>protesting <span style="color: red; font-style: italic;">at the Window</span>. My BIL feeds many of the birds in the area and they felt it was time for their snack too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The quilt, <i>Raconteur - The Storyteller’s Collection</i>, took six years to design and it was the perfect take anywhere project.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the book you have 359, mostly original, full size hexagon designs, each with step by step directions. Just check it out …. there are over 2,000 step by step illustrations to show you how each block is constructed. I guess you can tell that I am as proud as punch about that fact I’m also the illustrator!</span></span></div>
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If you decide to buy the e-copy then on my blog, https://cinziawhite.com you will find a post, How to Print on Freezer Paper with a Laser or Inkjet Printer. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">You should also check out the Tot 10 Tutes on Linda Franz’s blog, <a href="https://lindafranz.com/blog/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">https://lindafranz.com/blog/</span></a> for instructions on ‘How to Print Custom Page Sizes’. These two resources will make your task so much easier.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today I thought I would upload my posts from the C&T blog.... as this is where I share my thoughts and many of you probably haven't checked out the C&T site. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">My name is Cinzia and my first book ever, <i>The Storyteller’s Sampler Quilt</i>, has just been released by C&T. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today I thought I would share the inspiration for the quilt title, <i>Raconteur - The Storyteller’s Collection</i>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The quilt is made of 49 collections each of which has 7 hexagons that are then arranged as a Grandmother’s Flower Garden. My plan was that each hexagon would tell a story of someone or something significant in my life journey. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The quilt design when first seen, would be from a distance and all you would see was a Grandmother’s Flower Garden with something sparkling in each large hexagon. As you approached you would see more and more detail, until you stood directly in front and could see all the colours, fabrics and designs. Like seeing a person from afar and then getting to know them better the closer you become.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Great idea in theory and in real-life … but unfortunately not great for photography. A king size quilt is made to be photographed standing back but a miniature is made to be photographed up close. That’s why the cover shows a section of the quilt rather than the entire quilt … so you can see some of the details. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Collection 30 contains a block I designed and stitched during the time of my mum’s alzheimers. Prior to Mum’s demise with this disease I had no idea how devastating and soul destroying alzheimers could be.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">But when I was there with Mum and watched the slow decline and her suffering you realise how horrid it really is. She knew she was losing her memories and with it her sense of who she was and where she belonged, and she suffered until finally she disappeared altogether with full blown alzheimers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">I changed my thread colour as I stitched, ever lightening to show the fading of the person. The words I stitched are what I remember of her:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I remember Mum used to smile. She loved music, She loved knitting. But most of all she loved us. Sometimes she forgets.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For ppl who may have purchased the ebook there are two sites which I recommend you check out.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="92vb5-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The first is <a href="https://tinyurl.com/cucicucicoo">https://tinyurl.com/cucicucicoo</a></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="4a16l-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">On this site you will learn how to print directly onto your freezer paper using either you inkjet printer or your laser printer. Inkjet is totally non-stress and laser is also IF you pay attention to a few little must do's that Lisa discusses. Read the entire post before diving in and printing.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="8cvea-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The second site is Linda Franz's site <a href="https://lindafranz.com/blog/top-ten-tutes/">https://lindafranz.com/blog/top-ten-tutes/</a> where you will find lots of top tutorials and information. For this book her </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797817161154359759.post-44756400644485778242019-09-12T08:09:00.003+10:002019-09-12T08:49:18.292+10:00Telling Tales goes to the show<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="4cb15" data-offset-key="f9ceq-0-0" style="caret-color: rgb(28, 30, 33); color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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<span data-offset-key="eq9mj-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you want to make a large block version of the original quilt using EPP check out Eppiflex as they are going to be running it as a BOM.</span></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="3jhpq-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or you could simply do as I did, scale the blocks up and hand piece them. Many of the blocks in this quilt are the more intricate since that was what I was looking for at the time. It is totally hand pieced, my favourite technique, but if you want to make your quilt by machine there are plenty of blocks to choose from.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yet another seven blocks completed. Raconteur was supposed to be my first pastel quilt. About thirty blocks into it I discovered that I was not a pastel person and so although I tried to primarily work with pastels I ended up using many bright pastels. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So where did the names come from for these blocks?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: red;">Fox Pawed</span></i><span style="color: #333333;"> was named after I accidentally cut some of the fabrics from the wrong fabric and so had to work out a new design with the pieces. Friends of mine at uni had lived in a house they called Fox Paw Manor a play on the french faux pas and I have always remembered this and call errors fox paws with friends.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: red;">After the Showers</span></i><span style="color: #333333;"> was completed one afternoon as I relaxed at home watching the birds come to life and foraging for food after a long wet spell. The bow ties resembled their wings and the central start their prey.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333;">On a trip to Alaska one year I purchase a few bags of coloured pebbles as I collect strange things at times. These small pebbles sparkle so and are used in one of our board games and so </span><i><span style="color: red;">Ketchikan Jewels</span></i><span style="color: #333333;"> was named.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><i>One to the Left</i></span><span style="color: #333333;"> was named because it was another error and the outer blocks were supposed to be placed outside of the kite but as I didn't have the design with me when I was sewing it I put it where I thought it belonged but that was one spot to the left.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><i>Paprika</i></span><span style="color: #333333;"> reminded of the spice of the same name, hot and sweet. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333;">And last but not least is </span><i><span style="color: red;">Raspberry Swirl</span></i><span style="color: #333333;">, why are so many of my blocks named after food... probably because I love food and sweets in particular:) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These are definitely a gorgeous collection and should look great when finally sewn together into a full quilt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rice Pickers was made when Paul and I were travelling through Asia and we drove past these rice fields. I had never seen anything so lush and was amazed at where the rice could be grown. I always thought it had to be grown in large flat areas, as it needed constant, or regular flooding. You can tell by this comment that agriculture was not a subject I excelled at... or was awake for. It appeared to be up the side of what had once been an almost vertical hillside. The villagers had cut away at the sides of this small mountain/huge hill and terraced it entirely. Although there were no rice pickers at the time the large triangles in this block reminded me of those old straw hats we saw being worn in old time TV shows and movies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was 2009 and we were visiting Paris to see our eldest son who was studying there. It had been 18 months since we had last seen him and it coincided with Paul's birthday. PJ bought a birthday cake complete with Chantilly cream, a favourite in Paris. The colours and design reflected the cake and its decorations. Our household has never worried about pink for girls and blue for boys.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have a star on our Christmas tree that we bought before children. Like us it is a little more worn at Christmas but still there in pride of place. Christmas has always been for Paul, aka the elf, the most special of times so I designed this block to reflect our Christmas star.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I remember watching a news item about the Sydney Mardi Gras and seeing the floats pass by. I found the costumes and colours used amazing and so flamboyant. I tried to show the swirling and activity of those costumes in this block.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our local cafe makes a very good cappuccino and I would go there every Saturday after my Pilates class with some of my classmates. This block was named after our regular outing.</span></div>
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<i><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Not Here Thanks</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the way to Sydney we pass through a suburb with a huge Nuclear Free Zone sign. One of our boys at the time said if there were bombs dropped would that mean they were not allowed to land here? Older child said how do they get the nuclear medicine to hospitals if they are not allowed to come through here. Out of the mouths of babes as they as they say.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So the spaces on the block surrounding the nuclear symbol represent this attitude of ’Not here thanks.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was one of my favourite TV shows as a child. I always saw Lucille Ball as being surrounded by many people all of whom loved her.</span></div>
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Day before yesterday we traveled from Tel Aviv to Aqaba in Jordan. We were really pleased we weren't having to negotiate crossing the border ourselves as both sets of border control were very finicky.... and I didn't even have my camera in sight!<br />
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First up Richard drove up to the stop sign in Eliat, Israel. He was told to reverse about a car length back to the line on the road. There he had to open the boot of the car. With their car you simply press a button near the boot, you don't open from inside the vehicle. I went to open it. The customs agent was, 'You need to get back in the car. The driver must open the boot.' </div>
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Took about half an hour to get through the four offices needed for processing our documents and then pass out of Israel. It was then almost an hour to go through Jordan's side. Between the two crossings you have two huge wire fences, like you see around prisons in movies, with barbed wire at the top and a river of sand about 20m wide. I asked the Jordanian guards about the fence and they said it runs along the entire Israeli border but is wider in some places.<br />
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The crossings are just a series of small rooms in a couple of long weatherboard buildings, think of the old colonial buildings you would have seen in movies of Africa. Paul and I are yet to acclimatise as we were<br />
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One funny thing at the crossing was that quite a number of tourists fly in to Eilat, catch a cab to the border crossing, walk through the two checkpoints<br />
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Travelling to Eliat we traveled through their equivalent of the Grand Canyon but in desert form. As I said to Paul it looks like an atomic bomb was detonated wiping out all vegetation. Next you had a number of years of winds blowing away the loose soil. Leaving barren rock as far as the eye can see. Many of the formations remind me of the majestic fjords of Norway, just without the vegetation or water. Very dramatic and awe inspiring. </div>
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Unlike our previous trips here we have seen very few towns since leaving Tel Aviv. Two max over five hours of driving and one of those is the border crossing. We've seen a fair number of beduoin groups. That would be a very<br />
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Richard said they are quite ingenious ... need to be to survive. We have seen NO water sources whilst travelling. All the river beds look like they haven't seen water in centuries ... Oh apart from when it floods will explain that later. Anyway the beduoin would dig a number of huge holes before the wet season ... that's when it floods ... They put large stones/rocks into the holes. The first rains fill the holes with dirty water. The rocks are removed and I assume the dirty water is also. When the next rains come the holes are again filled but this time the water is clean. These holes provide the beduoin with water until the next wet season. I assume they can't travel far as they need to return to the holes.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We're already wondering if someone is trying to send us a message. Dust storm to start the trip, rockets in Israel, floods in Petra, Jordon, terrorist alert in London and four story high tidal waves in the Canary Islands. The only place that we plan to go to that doesn't have an event in the winds is Hong Kong and we only plan to be there for a four hour stop over.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797817161154359759.post-85636757412580372992017-01-31T11:02:00.000+11:002018-08-23T10:25:06.321+10:00BOM 56 - Child's Bouquet<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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