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Another Rainy Day and Some Haircuts

It poured a lot of the day today. I wouldn’t be surprised if we got an inch of rain. My friend commented that this is the first time she’s visited when it’s rained this much. And then we remembered that she was here last year during a snow storm that shut Portland down for four days!

So, what did we do today? After breakfast we hit my sewing room and made the sashing and cornerstones for the dark Flower Baskets quilt we started yesterday.

That plaid is crazy fantastic!!! When I first saw it I had a hard time imagining how you would use it. And now I want to use it in everything!

We got the sashing and cornerstones put on these blocks, got them all pressed and up on the design wall pretty quickly.

As we were going to start adding the setting triangles it was obvious that I wasn’t going to have enough of the dark border fabric to finish this quilt. So we have almost reached a stopping point.

Each setting triangle is bordered in the dark fabric.

I’ve ordered more fabric but it won’t be here until next week. We have enough to finish about half the setting triangles so we have a little more work we can get done but we won’t be finishing this quilt top while my friend is here.

When we reached this point in this quilt the rain had stopped so we hurried up and took my boys and ourselves for a nice 1.7 mile walk. We lucked out and stayed dry the entire time.

My friend decided to go ahead and make the backing for her Australian Aboriginal quilt we finished yesterday. So we took another trip to Pioneer Quilts in Milwaukie, Oregon, this afternoon and she picked out this lovely yellow Aboriginal fabric for the backing and the black and white for the binding.

We’re going to head over to my long arm quilter on Sunday to deliver this quilt. I guess I’ll go ahead and make the backing for my Aboriginal Libby quilt that we finished when my friend got here on Friday and have that quilted too. So we have a couple of backings to make in the next few days. Oh goody. Backings…

After we hit the fabric store we high tailed it over to my hairdresser for haircuts. Linda went first and she threatened me with my life if I shared a photo of her here. So you’ll just have to imagine what she looks like with five inches less length to her pony tail.

I am not afraid to share a photo of myself. I actually went a lot shorter this time. I probably lost five or six inches but I gained a lot of curl! It feels great to have my hair a little more under control.

It was 7:00 when we got home so I hurried and got our salmon on the grill, whipped up a salad and were sitting down to dinner in about 20 minutes. It was a simple dinner but really good.

We decided not to go to the coast tomorrow. The weather looks like it will be sunny on Friday so a really good day to be on the beach. So our plan is to get cracking on these backings tomorrow and take a leisurely day to the coast Friday.

I’m thinking we might be able to whip up another quilt quilt this weekend. Maybe a KFC disappearing four patch. Stay tuned!

35 Replies to “Another Rainy Day and Some Haircuts”

  1. Wow, now I know what to do with the large print fabrics from Kaffe W Thank you! I’m going to keep this on my ‘to do next’ list. I may make it a priority as your directions and photos are so clear.

    Thanks. xx

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  5. I love your haircut ♥️. I know you are gutsy, I never could have imagined that crazy plaid would work so well as sashing! Please send some rain to San Antonio!

    Hi Rico and Bender 🥰

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  6. These quilts are beyond beautiful! Such interesting fabrics. . . I may be inspired o start quilting again! I’d switched to making greeting cards – a lot faster, but the same idea of cutting up pretty fabrics & sewing them together. So jealous of your friend joining you in your lovely hobby! I really enjoy your blog. A nice change of pace.

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    1. I’ve had a little fascination with plaid quilts… like Madras plaids or shirting plaids. But I’ve never made one. this plaid is crazy and I really do want to use it in everything I make now!

      Anne

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  13. Ann where do you order your KF Aboriginal dots from? our local store has given up most of KF for newer stuff and I am soooo sorry. Love the haircut it fits your face.

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      2. She always has a nice selection. I can almost always find what I’m looking for. And she packages her fabrics so pretty. I love opening the packages!

        Anne

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  14. Hi Ann, I’m traveling to Eugene OR in a couple of weeks from my home in NW Washington. You’ve mentioned several quilt shops recently where you shop for aboriginal and Kaffe Fassett fabrics. I’ll only have time to visit one shop on the way to Eugene and possibly one on the way home. Can you recommend a shop that has a good selection of both collections and isn’t too far of a drive off I-5? I know you are busy with your friend visiting and I won’t be traveling until mid-March so if you have a few free minutes sometime in the next couple of weeks, I’d be grateful for a suggestion. Thank you, Valerie Wootton

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    1. there are two shops along I-5 that have really good selections of Kaffe, but not Aboriginal. One is Sisters Quilt Shop in Chehalis, Washington. They will have a selection of the most recent KFC fabrics as well as some classics. They have a lot of other stuff too. the other one is Country Manor Quilts in Battle Ground, WA. She has a ton of KFC fabrics but doesn’t typically carry the most recent collections. It’s about ten minutes off of I-5 at the Clark County Events Center exit in Ridgefield, WA.

      There is a shop in Milwaukie, Oregon, a suburb of Portland, that has a good selection of Aboriginal fabrics as well as KFC. It would take a little more time to get to from I-5 — maybe 20 minutes or so. it’s my favorite local quilt shop. It’s called Pioneer Quilts.

      There’s a little shop in Eugene that used to carry some Kaffe fabrics. I haven’t been there in a number of years so I don’t know if they still do. It’s called Piece by Piece fabrics.

      Good luck!
      Anne

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      1. Thank you Ann for all the great suggestions. Sounds like the shop in Milwaukee might be worth a 20 minute detour. I saw Piece by Piece when I was checking out Eugene’s quilt shops. Will stop by and check them out also.

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  15. Anne, I love reading your posts, when they pop into my email. This is my first comment, but I’ve been following for several months. Is your Flower Baskets quilt an available pattern, or do you just have an idea, and do it? (I have curated quite a collection of Kaffe Fassett fabrics, and need to actually use them. 😱)

    I am currently working on English Paper Piecing projects with other fabrics. (ADHD makes for lots of interests) I feel Kaffe fabrics look best when they are not confined. ☺️

    My father was a prolific strip quilter, but sadly it wasn’t the right time for me, to get inspired. And…his style was not mine. Now retired, I have time to explore quilting, and discover my passion. Your ideas inspire me.

    Capi Puszcz

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    1. The Flower Baskets quilt is in Kaffe Fassett’s Quilts by the Sea book.

      It’s a little unusual for me to recreate a quilt as it appears in a pattern, but ti really liked this one. I usually make up my own designs and select my own fabrics. I love having an idea and then seeing where it takes me.

      I agree that Kaffe fabrics are better when they are allowed some space!

      Thanks for reading!

      Anne

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