Tag: photo quilts

  • While Waiting for the Mail

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    Allison Rainville

    I ended up ordering another one of the jelly rolls. Even though I’m pretty sure I had the name of the color I needed, the color on the screen and the color of the fabric aren’t always the same, so I couldn’t be 100% sure. I also couldn’t find the…

  • And It Comes to a Screeching Halt

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    Allison Rainville

    I tried. That fabric that I substituted in – yeah, I didn’t have enough of that. I don’t have enough of that. So I have gotten this far, which you’ll notice isn’t a heck of a lot further than last time I posted. And so the hunt begins. I know…

  • Halfway Done

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    Allison Rainville

    In between loads of laundry today, I was able to get to the halfway point of the College Fjord quilt. And now I’m at a bit of a standstill. Some notes on what has changed since the last picture: This is 29 columns. There are 54 total, so I’ve completed…

  • It’s 9:30pm…

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    Allison Rainville

    …do you know where your seam ripper is? I do. My seam ripper and I are by now rather good friends. Math has never been a strong skill of mine. Add in seam allowances, and whoo boy. We’re all in for a rocky ride. I’m beginning to remember why I…

  • I Might Be Onto Something

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    Allison Rainville

    I think I got this! Over this past weekend, I had a full day to spend in the sewing room, so I started out working on a very overdue gift, but then had some time left over. I started sewing more of the double-wide strips, and I took out some…

  • And the Sewing Begins

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    Allison Rainville

    I found sky blues. Seven of them, to be exact. A new-to-me quilt store in Rhode Island had a whole wall of solids, and I was able to come up with the blues I needed. They have all been washed and cut, and I have sewn all of the sky…

  • What Do I Do With All of Those Blues?

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    Allison Rainville

    So…once I find all of those blues, I actually have to DO SOMETHING with them. Remember: this is a bargello project. I’m still firmly convinced of that, even after I had to make a spreadsheet. A spreadsheet, folks. I must be off my rocker. The first thing I did for…

  • The First Steps to College Fjord

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    Allison Rainville

    The College Fjord quilt is going to be the most difficult quilt I have attempted so far. I made a SPREADSHEET. It’s ugly. Let’s discuss, for the moment, the fact that I still cannot find the solid blues I want and that the indecision surrounding said blues has (temporarily, I…

  • Horseshoe Bend Is Done!

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    Allison Rainville

    I finished the last of the binding on the Horseshoe Bend quilt while I was on vacation a couple of weeks ago (finally catching up on the blog), and I’m really happy with it. The binding wasn’t quite done when this picture was taken, but it was close enough.  It’s…

  • The Abstract Iceberg is Done!

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    Allison Rainville

    I found an evening to quilt the abstract iceberg quilt, which took a lot less time than I thought it would. As a result, I was able to get the binding machine-stitched on that night as well. And a few nights later, the hand stitching was completed. I was even…