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Tumbler Stars Reveal

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This is what I was working on a few weeks ago and is what I’ve called the Tumbler Stars Chained table runner.  Without borders it finishes at 12″ x 48″ and was very fast to put together. 

I initially made this little doll’s quilt, which is 24″ x 24″, and then started playing with colour placement which resulted in the table runner.

What has taken so long to reveal it?  Because I was writing a pattern for it, which is now available here at the Inklingo Web site.  It’s absolutely free to download from the Inklingo site and is a small pdf file.  You needn’t worry that any information you enter to get the download will result in tons of unsolicited e-mails or anything along those lines — Linda is one of the good guys who would not do that.  

This is a version done by my friend, Charlsey, who was kind enough to test the pattern for me.  I love the different looks one can get with different fabrics with 3 simple shapes — tumblers, skinny triangles and some squares.  

 
I’m finding that I’m coming up with more and more ideas for small quilts and table runners and other items.  I am very grateful to Linda Franz for her brilliant invention of Inklingo, her encouragement, support and amazing generosity in sharing her time, talent and knowledge as I start down this path.  The various Inklingo shapes invade my thoughts 24/7, it seems.  I often wake up with ideas for a design, get ideas when washing my hair in the morning, have trouble concentrating on work as the ideas fly through my mind — in other words, quilt ideas seem to have taken over!  I’ve got almost every shape currently available in Inklingo collections printed and cut out on paper.  Sometimes I play with the paper shapes to see if my ideas will work.

The cats are not the least bit interested.  Lester was relaxing on the windowsill after watching some snowflakes drifting by the window Tuesday afternoon:

 
While Smudge was catching up on some sleep after another hard day of lounging:
 
 
 

Tumbler Star

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This is the tumbler stars block I wrote about on Tuesday. The star points are done in a different Kaffe fabric, and they really don’t show up all that well. That said, there’s something about this block in these fabrics that really intrigues me. It seems to remind me of something, but I can’t quite think what that something is.

My hands have been, once again, very sore. Too sore to even contemplate cutting out the shapes for the Dresden Plate I printed last night. I’m hoping that by this evening I can get that done.

Here the boys are practicing being close together, getting ready for the two-kitty bobsled competition. If you click on the picture to embiggen it, you can see a bit of Lester’s fur right beside Smudge’s paw. Smudge was not impressed when Lester decided to join him, and tried to show his displeasure by yanking out a bit of Lester’s fur.


Their paws fascinate me. First a close-up of one of Lester’s:


And then Smudge’s:


A Finish and A Work in Progress

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A finish! Not the finish I planned on showing first this year, but it’s a finish. I love how this little biscornu turned out. I used a variegated thread on a 32-count fabric, stitching 2 over 2.


Part of the design was stitched on the reverse as well. There’s something immensely satisfying about making one of these. Stitching together the last 2 sides and seeing it really take shape is great fun!

And this is a sneak peak at what I’ve been working on. More of it is done than is shown here. I had started it with a different fabric for the little triangles, but that fabric somehow managed to blend with the other 3 fabrics so well that the star points didn’t show.

It looks like we’re definitely getting milder weather by week’s end. Getting out of the minus temperatures will be a treat. I’ve had a migraine for the past 2 days but it’s finally lifting.

Smudge practicing his poses for photographs at the catalympics when he wins a medal or two. We think he may well be in the running for a medal in lounging.

Lester showing how well he gets along with one of the other participants in the catalympics.