tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87129362805636285002024-03-13T16:37:03.950-05:00Carm's Creative VisionStories from my experiences in reviewing books, crafting, quilting, gardening and just living!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712936280563628500.post-32024629533749449412021-01-19T17:00:00.002-06:002021-01-19T17:00:27.296-06:00I'm back!<p>Nothing like picking up right where I left off, about four years ago, to get back at it. Things that have happened since I last posted:</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Changed jobs and learned a ton professionally</li><li>Joined a local service organization</li><li>Got engaged</li><li>Dealt with losing a baby</li><li>Bought a house</li><li>Dealt with losing another baby</li><li>Got married</li><li>Refinished a ridiculous amount of furniture for said house</li><li>Survived COVID (mostly)</li></ol><div>It's been a long journey of mental health struggles and learning about myself since I last blogged. I now work at the same job, but from home (almost a whole year now! 309 days to be exact). Which has fostered my creativity again. I'm no longer going out and doing things as much, and my now husband has crazy hours, which means I like to feel accomplished by finishing crafts. But in all honesty, when your craft space IS your office space, there are no excuses.</div><div><br /></div><div>My goals over the next year:</div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Actively participate in the #ObservatoryBOM quilt (my first block of the month)</li><li>Work on a LOT of UFOs</li><li>Update this blog with all my accomplishments since 2017</li><li>Maybe look into the local quilt guild?</li></ol><div>My passion has always been being crafty so I need to keep that in my life now more than ever.</div></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712936280563628500.post-70980937727221990222017-12-19T14:47:00.002-06:002017-12-19T14:49:22.600-06:00Never Ending Gallery Wall ProjectIt's been 7 months since I last published a post. Life is still crazy (understatment! 2017 has been the most challenging year I've ever endured), but now it's because I have an awesome new job and not because I'm commuting for three hours a day. Somehow, even with all the extra time I had once my commute changed, I really didn't work on a whole lot of projects.<br />
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I did however finish a two and a half year project finally came to fruition when we moved to our new place. My focus and effort towards this project were severely lacking for entirely too long (like the entire two years in the old place) and then one day all the ideas just clicked into place. I absolutely love the idea of a gallery wall, which I decided was exactly the way to showcase all the cool craft pieces and pictures we've acquired and all of our wonderful pictures. I even received some nice canvas pictures for Christmas (two years ago...) which had yet to find their place on our walls.<br />
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Once I decided I was going to work on this project when we first moved into our old place in the summer of 2015, I began collecting picture frames. Out of date metal? Doesn't matter and it is cheap from a resale shop, which sounds great! Cool texture? Wonderful! I started out with only a few frames I picked up randomly... </div>
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And since nothing matched I decided that spray painting them would be the best option in addition to the fact that I planned to supplement these with plain black frames. I'm not a fan of matte black so I went with a gloss finish. Here was step one of the many rounds of spray paint:<br />
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The wooden frames were of course much easier to spray-paint. The paint stuck well and didn't look gloppy or runny, but it did take multiple coats. I decided after that I was going to go the really cheap route and get plastic frames for a nice low price since I didn't really care about the quality of the frames. But once I got the frames (a whole $7 for a <b><i>lot</i></b> of frames...) I realized the blacks didn't look the same and that irritated the perfectionist in me. So I decided to spray-paint those frames too. But those frames needed more paint in little, even coats to look nice, and then I found other frames to add to the mix... and on my garage floor they stayed. And stayed... for almost two full years. </div>
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Then I began to collect other things as well. The picture below was stage 2 of like 8 within the brainstorm process. I laid everything I had out on the floor, which gave me great ideas about how they could all fit together and where I was still lacking. The wooden sign was given to us for Christmas last year, the "R & C" I made a while back and kept adding wine corks to, the pictures are honestly a little old now but were printed and ready to go. I realized that this would be the perfect opportunity to showcase my partner's flag and picture from when he was in the military since we have absolutely nothing from then up either (pictured at the bottom left).</div>
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After spending time (okay like hours wondering....) at Michael's I knew I found the right details to fill in some of the gaps. Once I figured out the right arrangement I had to figure out how to get everything up on the wall in order with decent spacing. The good thing is that I really don't think a gallery wall is supposed to be perfect. I did measure a lot of these items, to figure out proximity and to make sure my wall didn't end up with everything in the corner and nothing on the other side.</div>
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Once I started getting everything up, it was quick moving because everything was around the same height. I moved things in sections, the umbe board column first, then the next column with the red shirt picture. The harder part was the "R & C" section. I had to treat it as just one since the sections overlapped with each other. And then the last section I was about 3 hours into trying to figure all of this out and so I pretty much threw it on the wall as quickly as possible.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712936280563628500.post-333640800478828182017-05-31T11:02:00.002-05:002017-05-31T11:02:44.468-05:00Updates on My LifeI realized, as I just posted the Sunbonnet Sam/Sue post about three months after I completed the project, that I haven't posted ANYTHING in three months! It has been a super crazy few months for me.<br />
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In February, my partner accepted a new job in a town 1.5 hours away from where we used live. Since that time, he's commuted for about a month, we moved to a new place, I've job searched, and now I commute since my search hasn't been as fruitful as his.<br />
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My new craft space is much bigger than my former space, but it is in the cool basement. I haven't found my motivation to get down there and work, and my desk contents still adorn the floor--where I left them after getting frustrated that I couldn't find something in the box that was still all packed up.<br /><br />Now that we're all moved in (and actually at a place where I feel organized and like this place is more of my "home"), I'm back on track with my craft goals... though I still commute three hours a day and don't exactly have the kind of time that I used to. This weekend I am determined to start working on some more projects!<br />
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We'll see if it works out like I planned or not :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712936280563628500.post-40958603600045202192017-05-31T10:55:00.002-05:002017-05-31T10:55:51.232-05:00Updates on Sunbonnet Sue/Sam QuiltI bought this quilt a year ago from my guild's annual <a href="https://carmsvision.blogspot.com/2016/02/ics-quilt-guild-fabric-auction.html">auction</a>....<br />
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I realized after I purchased the quilt that I should've done a better job investigating what was really all there. During the silent auction, the quilt was wrapped up so that only part of the quilt was really showing. Though the quilt still works perfectly fine, my natural OCD tendencies are not a fan of the odd blocks scattered throughout.<br />
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I didn't end up adding anything to the sides, and I actually decided that this quilt was going to live just as the person who previously owned this quilt left it. Enough of the quilt is completed with hand quilting to keep the quilt together. No it's not perfect by any means, and one day when I find some energy to hand sew the sunbonnets into the middle of the already quilted sections, I might do it.<br />
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Until that point, sunbonnet sue/sam will adorn my couch, floor, car seats, beds, etc.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712936280563628500.post-50050412596102604282017-02-23T15:33:00.000-06:002017-02-23T15:33:28.370-06:00Bathroom SignThis project has literally been on my list for months. Maybe even since I started the blog actually. I think this project really came to fruition in September 2015... when I first bought the board that I planned to do something with for my bathroom. I bought it purely on a whim, not on sale *gasp*, with the idea that I'd hopefully do something with it sometime. My style is very reclaimed meets industrial meets old farm house. I love anything that looks distressed or like I saved it from the burn pile. This isn't quite getting there with it's perfect edges and uniform color (hey I bought it at walmart after all....) but I did really like the gray "barn wood" color.<br />
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And so it sat. And sat. And then I moved it upstairs, downstairs and upstairs again from closet to closet until I just actually found the motivation to do what I wanted (or what I thought I wanted). Sometime on one of the many adventures I've had on Etsy over the last year and a half, I found this:<br />
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I mean it's for a bathroom... how funny and totally weird. LOL. Perfect. Love it. So in the back of my head the project lived, until two weekends ago when I finished my last name <a href="https://carmsvision.blogspot.com/2017/01/name-plaques.html">sign</a>. I mean I already had wood, drills, tools, etc. out. Why not just finish the dang thing! But not too long ago I actually found inspiration that was SO. MUCH. BETTER. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/123058795/8-x-10-mason-jar-frames-with-painted?utm_source=Pinterest&utm_medium=PageTools&utm_campaign=Share">Etsy</a> for the win again!<br />
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if you're interested in this project you can click on the links and BUY them :)<br />
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Here are so many other <a href="http://masymasmanualidades.blogspot.sk/2016/06/decora-una-pared-con-frascos.html?m=1">examples</a> of what wonderful things you could create with ball jars and reclaimed (or seemingly reclaimed like mine...) wood!! I love everything about these creations. AND I was just recently given a bunch of Ball Jars to use from my cousin who gave them to her mom who gave them to my mom (thanks Amie, Aunt Polly and Mom!!).<br />
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I didn't take a single picture while I was creating this (dang it, dang it...ugh!). Once I found the right piece of plumbing pipe connector/adjuster band things at the store, it was really simple and not time consuming at all. Because of the shape of my ball jar, the metal piece was really far away from my background wood. A simple solution was to add a piece of scrap wood to the back for support.<br />
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I saw the idea long ago on pinterest, bought various $1 handkerchiefs at walmart and held on to them for years! I finally got around to finishing it :) Here is the finished product:</div>
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My sister came over last month shortly after I finished the blacket and fell in love with the colors. Welp, looks like I know what to give her this year! :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712936280563628500.post-27688105292820292102017-02-10T09:08:00.003-06:002017-02-10T09:09:00.050-06:00Updates on Feed Sack/Trip Around the World QuiltI bought this quilt almost a year ago from my guild's annual <a href="https://carmsvision.blogspot.com/2016/02/ics-quilt-guild-fabric-auction.html">auction</a>....<br />
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"<span style="color: #525252; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">My second quilt I picked up from the silent auction was this gem, for THREE DOLLARS. It is a really beautiful quilt top! It was advertised as a feed sack quilt, but after further review with my mom, we think it's more 50's style print. Either way, whoever created it did a great job of balancing the colors and transitioning to new colors. I like the character it has as well. The creator used the fabrics they had, so one of the selections ends up in multiple places (at both the top and the bottom) to fill in where a pattern or two was lacking. I also like that this quilt is not too feminine or too masculine. I think I might adventure to finish this for myself! It would look wonderful in my navy blue and gray themed master bedroom. I have to decide whether I would need to add any more border to make this a queen sized quilt or not. Since it is just the topper I have a lot more room to play with what has already been made."</span><br />
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Though I decided not to add any more on to the edges like I originally thought I would, I'm still extremely happy with my purchase and what I ended up doing with it!<br />
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For almost a whole year, the topper sat next to my washing machine as a gentle reminder that I do need to wash this because what the heck is that odd smell? I finally got around to washing it in ohhhh October or so.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then it sat around on my couch and in the "to be completed" projects pile for another couple <br />
of months as I finished up all my Christmas presents I gave this year.</td></tr>
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Then one day as I was fiddling around on the internet, I found out that someone did long arm quilting in my neighborhood! Kayci from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/AmericanQuiltingServices/about/?ref=page_internal">American Quilting Services</a> was so easy to work with and did a wonderful job! Within 10 days of initially contacting her she was able to meet up with me, get working on my quilt, and had it back to me!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We decided on an all-over pattern with contrasting thread color to give the <br />
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Then it sat around on my couch for another week until I could make myself sit on the floor to pin all the binding on... probably my least favorite despite the fact that it means the quilt is almost done!!<br />
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And then I got to do the fun part....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AND THE FINISHED PRODUCT!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So excited to have this new quilt to keep me warm!</td></tr>
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I decided at the last minute that I would add one more item to the list to make others for Christmas. I'd seen on pinterest those boards where you could put everyone from your family's names and birthdays hanging down from each month. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the first one I found from <a href="https://www.wayfair.com/TheHearthsideCollection-Family-and-Friends-Birthday-Calendar-Wall-D%E9cor-32984-L6851-K~HTSD1050.html?refid=GX112603364643-HTSD1050&device=c&ptid=168216962716&gclid=Cj0KEQiAnb3DBRCX2ZnSnMyO9dIBEiQAOcXYH5IWUWIDcYvIt75e5PvGAtkHYc1Q8KlFQlY6hw58AdQaAgsx8P8HAQ">Wayfair.com</a> when I googled the concept.</td></tr>
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However, set out to make a more personalized version of that!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I cut one 6ft piece of left over fencing (from our backyard project when we first moved into our townhouse) <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next I stained the boards! I liked the different sizes and shapes of the letters, <br />
but I didn't like that they were all different colors.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spray paint to the rescue! I had all black and it made the most sense to make them all the same color <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had to figure out what the names would go on. <br />
Luckily I found these thinner wooden nickel style cutouts at Michael's.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I bought a few bags and drilled two holes (one at the top and one at the bottom) for each of the wooden nickels.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">then I attached jump rings to the top hole for what seemed to be hours. <br />
I used rings that were anywhere from 7mm-10mm (aka the biggest sizes I could find).</td></tr>
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Once I finished decorating each letter, I hot glued each piece to the main board. Because none of the letters are too heavy, that seemed to work just fine. I also hot glued 12 oval wooden cut outs for the months of the year (as relatively even as I could without measuring). Below each month is a screw eye. I drilled holes and screwed each in individually which was probably the most time consuming and most infuriating part of the whole process.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And here is ONE of the three finished products! I used anything and everything to decorate the letters. From burlap to lace to more thin wooden cutouts, nothing made it look cooler than the random details that were added to each one.</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712936280563628500.post-80616304970466481222017-01-18T13:25:00.000-06:002017-01-18T13:25:45.963-06:00Sunflower wreath!I had planned on making this one for myself, but somewhere in between me buying the supplies and Christmas, my sister found out and persuaded me to make it for her instead!<br />
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Because I made this while my partner and I watched tv and then finished the wreath as I watched Frozen on my first day of Christmas vacation..., I did not do a good job of taking pictures :( however, the steps are easy (also I followed a youtube video similar to this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1wLsvmWNkE">one</a>)! I cut 10-12 inch sections of the yellow deco mesh (with my old rotary cutter and mat) and then gathered them in the center with a small piece of pipe cleaner. They don't have to be perfect because it is supposed to look messy. I cut the green pieces slightly larger and I probably could've done 18inches to make them stand out even more. I also wish I would've found dark green deco mesh rather than the lime green because the yellow and green blend together a little more than I would've liked.<br />
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I probably could've used a whole other role of yellow and make the sunflower more full since I had purchased a larger wreath form than I usually do. However, I made do with what I had since I bought these on sale a while ago and didn't want to spend any more on this than necessary.</div>
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Once I was finished with both the yellow and the green, I added burlap to the middle for the center of the sunflower. I simply gathered the burlap into sections (not to tight or neat, otherwise the insides of the wreath would show!).</div>
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The finished products were fun and easy to make! (and even better once I actually figured out how to use my dang button hole stitch... much easier said than done with an old, sometimes less cooperative machine)<br />
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TADA! Hopefully the are well used :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712936280563628500.post-80436381974427050992017-01-10T13:47:00.000-06:002017-01-10T13:47:52.630-06:00Blanket for Baby O: part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This blanket has been so fun to create and make. I love everything about it, from the colors to the pattern. I even wanted to make sure to add some detail at the top for baby (though my needle work is FAR from perfect, it is the thought that counts). So when she grows up she'll know that it was made with love just for her <3</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just keep sewing, sewing, sewing. I love the contrast of the gray binding!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now we just need baby girl laying on top of it or wrapped up in it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Is it March yet? </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mamma is extra excited and said "maybe I'll just keep this for me... ;)" <br />
It is so nice and warm with pretty gray and white flannel on the back.</td></tr>
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Well worth the time and effort purely for the happy faces :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712936280563628500.post-70268565610675575992017-01-06T16:31:00.000-06:002017-01-06T16:32:07.474-06:00Christmas Quillows pt.5: Little Boy BlueOnce I made all the funky blankets for the girls, I realized that there was a new little boy in the family who needed a blanket too. Thank goodness I had made up this blue blanket just because in January of 2016. I kept it all folded up in my closet for the next opportunity when I wanted to give something hand made to someone.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Though it is more plain than the others, B said to me "can we open it up so my cars can drive on it"? <br />
Uh yeah, of course your cars can drive on it! That is exactly what blankets are for :)<br />
(he might have been more excited about his new cars he got too... but hey, who cares!)</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712936280563628500.post-36687065821218451462017-01-06T12:49:00.000-06:002017-01-06T12:50:28.690-06:00Christmas Quillows pt.4: Paisley!This quillow I made had the most beautiful colors!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">scraps of flannel make the best blankies</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love this green! So fun and perfect for a more mature niece.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">such a funky print :)</td></tr>
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One of the projects I set out to complete this year was making quillows for my partner's nieces. I started this project at the beginning of the year, and put it off exactly like I said I wouldn't do in my original blog <a href="https://carmsvision.blogspot.com/2016/04/getting-head-start-on-christmas-gifts.html">post</a> about getting a head start on Christmas projects. </div>
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Here's the quillow for one of the nieces:</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712936280563628500.post-27111395089038454062016-12-05T11:39:00.002-06:002017-01-06T11:51:57.989-06:00Reclaimed Wood Stocking Holder<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One day last spring, the fence behind our house lost quite a few boards in a wind storm. Our neighborhood association was supposed to come fix the fence and never did. So I happened to clean up a few of the boards into my garage, where they sat patiently until I figured out what I wanted to do with them. I saw this <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/171559067034562059/">post</a> on pinterest and immediately fell in love.</div>
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I didn't take pictures of the boards before I cut them, but they were your standard 6-feet tall fence pieces. One of the boards was a little less than 6-feet tall because it had broke in multiple places when it came off of the main section of the fence during the wind storm. I decided to cut each piece 1-foot long, and left the width as is.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and here is what I hope it will look like!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And my final finished product WITH the stockings hung!<br />
I'm in love <3</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712936280563628500.post-448329167157771842016-12-01T08:55:00.001-06:002017-01-06T11:51:23.847-06:00Spreading Christmas Cheer!It's December first, so it's time to start my round of Christmas posts!! Happy Holidays everyone!<br />
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Last Christmas was the first Christmas my partner and I spent together in our new place and I needed some decorations! What is the holiday season without stockings and a tree? I had a tree that was given to me by my parents, but I was looking for some stockings. I knew I wanted to make them actually, because then I could continue to reuse them and love them for years to come.<br />
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I used a template for the stockings, and cut out 16 sides (enough to make a lining too). I was really afraid that I would end up cutting the shape wrong and have the wrong sides together in order to make the shape, but some how I figured it out without too many tears :) I decided at the last minute to line the stockings, so things weren't perfectly sewn together. But hey, these look pretty darn festive and I love them!<br />
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I thought the blue would be enough to stand out</div>
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but I really should've used white on my partner's stocking.</div>
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I loved this fabric! It's just too cute, and I loved the embellishments </div>
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I found in my drawer, they coordinated so well.</div>
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This stocking is for one of our dogs, which are pretty much our kiddos :) </div>
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they get Christmas treats just like we do!</div>
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because <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">she is tall enough to get into things and kept sniffing everything! Silly pup.</span><br />
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Making stockings was a very successful endeavor and I just love how the look in my house. My next goal is to make a wooden plaque to hang above the fireplace so I don't have to use command hooks.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712936280563628500.post-28973788706327881042016-11-28T09:17:00.001-06:002016-11-28T09:21:44.690-06:00My Beloved T-shirt/Memory Quilt<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">My first "grown-up quilt"
for myself was a memory t-shirt quilt. I saved every bit of t-shirts for many
years. Every cross-country, soccer, pep-rally, homecoming, and sports jerseys that I was allowed to keep went into a bag to be saved. When I first
started to look at t-shirt quilt designs, everyone seemed to take a few prized
shirts and display them with fabric boarders in between. My problem with that
was that ALL my t-shirts had memories behind them, so how could I choose just nine or twelve of the t-shirts from my collection? I
began to cut out all the important parts and I saved every emblem, number, and
name that I could. Some of my t-shirts only had a little embroidered emblem
that I wanted to save, but those emblems were extremely important to me.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My prized possession! This was the "piecing" stage of my geometric t-shirt quilt. <br />
Sorry the picture is not the best, this was 2011 or 2012 and much prior to the blog.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here the binding was pinned on and ready to be sewn. <br />
The family Chihuahua was eyeing my quilt.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Since I don't own a twin bed right now, the quilt is unfortunately packed away until I figure out some way to display it. One of my long term goals is to eventually have a quilt rack in my bedroom to showcase my hard work. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The finished project!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's perfect! The only thing I wish I would've done differently, is choose a lighter weight interfacing. <br />
It is so not a summer blanket.</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712936280563628500.post-31301428009767753262016-11-22T16:27:00.004-06:002017-01-06T11:53:06.891-06:00Blanket for Baby OWhen my partner's brother announced that his family was expecting a new little one, I knew I wanted to make them a quilt to welcome baby. I thought for sure baby would be a boy, purely because I have a bunch of blue flannel stocked up since everyone I know seems to be having girls! I over bought when I made this <a href="https://carmsvision.blogspot.com/2016/08/quilt-for-baby-girl.html">quilt</a> for my friend, so if it happened to be a girl, I even knew what colors I would plan to use. Once they announced that baby would be an Olivia rather than a Wyatt, I got to work thinking about what her quilt would look like. As much fun as it is to spend hours picking out fabric, wondering whether or not someone will like the color combinations, and then putting it all back to choose something different three more times, I was thankful that I got to skip that step since I already had the fabric, shown in "Baby Girl's" quilt below.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My friend's quilt I made back in September</td></tr>
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I picked out the <a href="http://artgalleryfabrics.typepad.com/files/lap-of-luxe-quilt-pattern-1.pdf">pattern</a>, Quilt Dad's "Lap of Luxe" quilt, (which, mind you I found on pinterest and forgot to pin, so I had to go back through and find it! Not an easy task....) and then I got down to business cutting my 8.5 inch blocks.</div>
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I set out to sew some half square triangles!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">24 half square triangles here I come!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I marked the middle because I can't be trusted to sew straight</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Side one = completed. On to side two!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A close up of what a half square triangle in progress looks like<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The pattern says to trim down the half squares to 7 inches. I decided to keep them at 8 to make my quilt a standard crib size, we'll see how it turns out. **Note: I was extremely meticulous in making sure my blocks were even, so I didn't feel like trimming them was necessary. If yours are even slightly uneven they will need trimmed to maintain the triangles!!</td></tr>
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Unfortunately half the blocks I sewed that day were sewn on the wrong edge so I had to take out the seams and start over again. (I learned a great lesson in half square triangles that day; it DOES matter which side you sew on for the half square to end up on the angle/pattern you want!!!!) Once I figured out the angle properly *smacks head and grunts* it was smooth sailing from there! More updates on the quilt once it is finished!!</div>
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One of the projects I set out to complete this year was making quillows for my partners nieces. I started this project at the beginning of the year, and put it off exactly like I said I wouldn't do in my original <a href="https://carmsvision.blogspot.com/2016/04/getting-head-start-on-christmas-gifts.html">blog post</a>. </div>
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But the good news is I've finished one of these blankets, and I have two more that only need minimal work! Hallelujah!</div>
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This particular blanket was one of my favorites. I've always had an obsession with butterflies and I cannot get enough of these wonderful colors! I reverse engineered this block from an image I found on pinterest, starting with a 1.5 inch square in the middle of each log cabin. I think another reason why I love this block is because of the simplicity of the block, but also because I actually proved to myself that I could do the math and ya know what, it wasn't that hard!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">here was the initial image... and no pattern! sigh...<br />
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"how many blankets can I fit onto one king sized batting form"</td></tr>
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AND... The finished product! So freakin' cute! I'll post more pictures when the girls open them in December.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a nice flannel blanket with an almost hidden pocket for tosies!</td></tr>
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One day as I was perusing the internet, I came across <a href="http://www.justabitfrayed.com/">Brenda Ratliff</a>'s fabric collection, <a href="http://www.pinkcastlefabrics.com/collections/collection-pie-making-day">Pie Making Day</a>. Once I decided that I was in fact, going to splurge a little on buying the collection, I knew I had to figure out something awesome and completely wonderful to make with it.</div>
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Well unfortunately the collection is still sitting pretty on my desk, waiting to be used. I had decided that this Christmas was the year that the three youngest of my partner's nine nieces were getting blankets. I decided to only do quillows, but it has still taken me a lot of time, money and design effort to make something for them that I'm proud of. So my dream quilt has been put on pause.</div>
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Since the time that I bought my collection of Pie Making Day, Brenda has created another collection, <a href="http://www.pinkcastlefabrics.com/collections/collection-one-room-schoolhouse">One Room Schoolhouse</a>. I absolutely love her color choice (bright! I love the bright colors and always have), and the prints are so beautiful as well.</div>
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And THEN I found out that these two collections were designed to work <i>together</i>!</div>
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So next on my "to be purchased" list is the other half of the collection to make into a wonderful quilt!! I so cannot wait to begin working on this during 2017. Hopefully by Thanksgiving or Christmas time 2017 I'll have a wonderful quilt to show off.<br />
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I wrote the above part two weeks ago, and on Halloween I found the fabric collection on sale! I am now the happy owner of both collections and I've been dreaming about what my quilt will look like now!<br />
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After a shopping trip with my mother I was determined, I could do this! Why not make my OWN costume!! We picked out fabric, which really looked like animal hide and my mom told me how I had the skills to make the costume! Alright, I thought. How hard could it be?<br />
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I put off beginning the costume because I had no idea where to start. I didn't measure myself and just attempted to eye-ball a cut ("Measure twice, cut once," the forgotten motto... until this fiasco) and cut WRONG. Then I had to fix the issue by re-sewing the pieces together and starting all over. The back side would have a random seam across the middle, but hey, the front could still potentially look good right?<br />
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I plotted and plotted.... how could I make this work? Whatever fabric my mother and I picked out was not the slightest bit stretchy so I had to sew a zipper in on the side. Also, it was still a tad tight around my bottom, but hopefully I'd be able to squeeze into the bad boy for one night, one party. 5 hours, that's all I needed to make it through...<br />
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About two weeks later (the night before my party) and many glasses of wine later, I realized I would pull it off! I finished fringing everywhere to mock her dress and cut the V shape to the bottom. The fringe really helped me as far as the finished look, and it meant I didn't have to spend time hemming anything. (Whoooooot!).<br />
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I added the fringe belt at the last minute to hide some of the pull that was happening with my fabric, and I thought I needed something around the middle to pull the look together. I added a little washable face paint to my arm for her tattoo, which just came off on my costume and my friends all night.<br />
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Also, I already had the necklace that looked very Native American inspired in addition to the fact that it was almost the right teal. If only I had a little bit darker hair! People could've mistaken me for Pocahontas herself!! I was very happy with the outcome of my costume! However, I'm no seamstress. I think I'll stick to craft items and quilts from now on. AND simpler Halloween costumes...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712936280563628500.post-51615237794427471052016-10-27T09:48:00.001-05:002016-10-27T09:48:14.696-05:00LEO Love PaintingI went to another paint night! This time, it was an event for first responder's supporters. It was a small group, about eight in total. Half of us made the fire fighter version of the painting and the other half made the police officer version.<br />
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This was such an easy painting. You could totally adapt this and try it on your own. The only really nice part was that the company who put the paint night on had a die-cutter and so the L<3VE was one big piece of adhesive backed cardstock. We just layered paint over and over and over, sometimes with sponges, stencils or other textured mediums. The more contrast you had, the better it looked! I was probably the slowest/ most meticulous in my group, but if I'm paying for this I want to make it look fantastic!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We used this modge podge and silver paper combo for the badge itself. Basically the modge podge was added first, allowed to dry until "tacky" and then rubbed on to the paper which transferred the silver.</td></tr>
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Now, I've framed the picture and put it in my partner and my room! I purchased a simple black picture frame from michael's and took the glass and backing out completely. It's just secured on the back with some packing tape, but until I decide where I actually want to hang it that works perfectly!<br />
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Supply list: (Images to follow in order)<br />
Hat shaped wreath form<br />
pipe cleaners<br />
black decomesh<br />
witches legs--found pre-made at michael's but you could make them yourself if you wanted<br />
"quit your witchin'" sign<br />
Orange wire ribbon<br />
spider clip (which I haven't added yet)<br />
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My first step was to connect the legs to the wreath form. I ended up cutting the little skirt material so that way I could slip the legs in the form without any major issues. I used pipe cleaners to secure the legs.</div>
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Somewhere in between the last step (above) and the finished project, I missed taking pictures of some steps. So I'll just have to describe what I did. I started weaving the decomesh on the top right side of the hat brim and then made my way around to the left side. I connected the decomesh with pipe cleaners every few inches. The idea is to make it messy looking, the bigger & fuller, the better!</div>
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Once I made it around the brim of the hat, I wove the decomesh up the base of the hat back and forth, securing at each point where I wanted to turn. This process took me the longest time, but the whole wreath only took about an hour to complete. Finally, I cut sections of the ribbon that would fit just over the brim and secured them on the back with pipe cleaners. The quit your witchin' sign had a metal loop which I also used to secure to the wreath with pipe cleaners. I plan to add the spider, but I need to spray paint it since the black does not show against the black decomesh (I'm thinking some orange or silver sparkles).</div>
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Ain't "she" a beaut! I so love this funky wreath!</div>
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When one of my best friends told me she was expecting, I knew I wanted to make her a quilt. Normally, quilts are taken care of my my mom or my aunt, so I just avoid that all together. This time, I got to step up to make the baby blanket! </div>
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She and her husband had a gender reveal party, and when we found out they were going to have a precious baby girl, I told her that I planned to make a quilt. She told me that she planned to make the nursery pink, white, and gray but she was excited to have something hand made. I brainstormed on pinterest for a week and spent probably a good hour in the fabric store picking out the color combo I would be happy with, since she gave me free reigns as long as it was gray/pink/white. I came up with a pink/gray combo that was a little more modern and not necessarily "baby." Some of the fabrics were from that section of the store, but I think quilts should be used and baby fabrics are outgrown after a while, which means less usage in the long run. The colors below look slightly less pink because of the lighting, but they definitely have a coral tint to them.</div>
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The back I chose is a more "baby" print--flannel butterflies. I love flannel or other soft materials for the back of a quilt because they tend to be more comforting.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Next came the pattern. Once I figured out the size I wanted to make: 52 x 42 (a toddler sized blanket), I set out to figure out the block size...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">52” long </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">÷</span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">
6.5” blocks = 8 blocks long</span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 6.5” +
.25” + .25” = 7” blocks with seam allowance</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">42” wide </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">÷</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> 6”
blocks = 7 blocks long</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> 6”
+ .25” + .25” = 6.5” blocks with seam allowance</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I decided to go with this because it was completely even. I don't mean that the blocks are even as far as the shape is concerned, but 7 x 6.5 inch blocks are something that I can cut out really easily. I know exactly where the half inch mark on my rotary cutter is and I am confident in my abilities to cut that </span></span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">dimension</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> out. Once I figured out the size, I thought about the appearance of the pattern.</span></span><br />
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<tr style="height: 29.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
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<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #D9D9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EE92CD; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: gray; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #F4DAEE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #C01E86; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
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<tr style="height: 29.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="background: #C01E86; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #D9D9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EE92CD; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: gray; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #F4DAEE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #C01E86; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 29.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="background: #F4DAEE; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #C01E86; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #D9D9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EE92CD; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: gray; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #F4DAEE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
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<tr style="height: 29.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="background: gray; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 29.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #F4DAEE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #C01E86; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #D9D9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EE92CD; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: gray; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="background: #EE92CD; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: gray; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #F4DAEE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #C01E86; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #D9D9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EE92CD; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bright pink-9<br />
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<br />
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<tbody>
<tr style="height: 29.5pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="background: #C01E86; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: gray; border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 29.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EE92CD; border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #D9D9D9; border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 29.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #C01E86; border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #F4DAEE; border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
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<tr style="height: 29.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="background: #F4DAEE; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #D9D9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #C01E86; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: gray; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 128; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EE92CD; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="background: #D9D9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .3in;" valign="top" width="29"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bright pink-9<br />
gray-9<br />
blocked pink-9<br />
light pink-9<br />
white w/arrows-11<br />
light gray-9</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I came up with two patterns relatively easily, the top pattern appeals so much more to my OCD, but the bottom pattern looks more fun and significantly cuter. Thank goodness for my loved ones, as I sent out a text saying "okay which one" as I often do. 2-1, the bottom pattern won (thank goodness I didn't ask another person because I would've been forced to actually make a decision... haha). </span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXb4YfipjvvxvOTEFJ9_-zeiC5mTK7LI_TkYugk8KYNhMHpwt54ewlfkWqi6utetRZXBCygdZgJ1pG85KJTRqGX7n4Yc3o6kWyLQdGyHmcyslPfi8Yf3Lmorid50AMHi9y1CwQ1wO25S6p/s1600/IMG_2500.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXb4YfipjvvxvOTEFJ9_-zeiC5mTK7LI_TkYugk8KYNhMHpwt54ewlfkWqi6utetRZXBCygdZgJ1pG85KJTRqGX7n4Yc3o6kWyLQdGyHmcyslPfi8Yf3Lmorid50AMHi9y1CwQ1wO25S6p/s400/IMG_2500.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the beginnings of my piles of fabric squares!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I ended up taking my cut squares home to have my mom and sister help me lay it out and they said well shoot we may as well start sewing now! So between the three of us, this quilt was laid out, pinned together and sewn up in about an hour and a half.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Once the top was finished, I set out to pin the back, batting and top together and get working on my machine quilting!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the process of pinning... this is about the size of quilt <br />
I'd be able to do without a bigger space to tape/pin!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished pinning and the excess is mostly trimmed</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">working hard on my machine quilting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished machine quilting!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo shoot time since I finished quilting <3</td></tr>
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Once I finished quilting it was really obvious that I would need to add a separate boarder since I didn't leave myself enough room to wrap the backing around. I deliberated in the fabric store for a long time, but ended up with a darker gray (just slightly darker than my darkest gray in the quilt). <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at the boarder I added and you can see the pretty backing!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo-shoot part 2</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Totally in love with this quilt!!!!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everything came out better than I could've imagined!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shot of the back side, since I haven't shown but a glimpse or two.<br />
I made sure to get nice soft flannel for baby.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I cannot wait to go to baby's shower here in the next couple of weeks! I am traveling a lot the next two weeks so I had to get it done early. But it's all I can do not to text momma pictures in the meantime. I hope she loves it as much as I do :)</span></div>
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