Ok I got the Baltimore Bliss stitched on point today (by machine 
) it was pretty easy to do considering the size of the quilt – it is finished at 45 x 65 I believe.
I didn't quite get the quilt laid out flat and took the picture and didn't realize I would need to take the photo over again when my battery ran out! Why do these camera batteries always seem to run out so quickly - that is this camera does anyhow. One day I am going to get a new camera, I wouldn't mind something smaller that takes even better photos. There are so many to choose from now. I will post another photo another day. I will see how much batting I have left and baste some more together to get rid of more of these pieces. This quilt I will go ahead and use my hoop for and can quilt in the living room while watching tv. The Christmas quilt will be on the frame for awhile so I might just as well work on two at once in the quilting stage.
Last night while watching tv I got this block finished for the "Insanity Revisited" quilt. This is the name I have given my second Dear Jane quilt. I have 7 rows sewed together and I am piecing the 8th row right now. This is block 9 from the 8th row. This is also block 100 out of the 169 blocks needed so it is moving smoothly along.
I was lucky and managed to get my H1N1 flu shot today. I called the medical clinic to see if it was in yet and they said they got some of the serum yesterday and to get down right away and get my shot before it went to someone else I scurried right on down and got it before they ran out. I am in one of the high risk groups so I was glad to get it although my arm is a little sore tonight.
It has been sweater weather lately – I like wearing sweaters and sweatshirts so it feels nice to me. I am baking muffins tonight and I know the house won’t heat up much – instead the oven heats the house just enough that the heat isn’t coming on. I am making two different kinds – well one batter, but two different ways. One half of it has raisins and walnuts in it and the other half is walnuts and chocolate chips. It is an oatmeal batter. It sure smells good, I have a feeling these breakfast muffins are going to be for snack time also!
Posted by Karen
Baking/cooking, Baltimore Bliss, Dear Jane - "Insanity Revisited", weather
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November 19th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Wow, that looks great! I can really picture in my mind how wonderful that will look when you quilt those “blank” blocks. And I also like your background fabric as it is plain but not really. It’s just right, I would say. But seriously, I just realized that you are doing another Insanity quilt!!!!! Holy Cow! Usually once I do a design, I don’t want to do it again except maybe for the disappearing nine patch. But you take a most difficult and long term design and make a beautiful quilt from it ….. and then you do it again!!!! I am in awe!!!!!
November 19th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
I usually do not do a pattern more than once either but at times I make an exception. I have done at least 4 or 5 log cabin quilts – I love that pattern and they can look so different just changing the colors up. With Dear Jane I just wanted to keep on with the challenge of tiny pieces and also to see what it would look like as a two color.
November 20th, 2009 at 3:11 am
Karen I have been watching you with your choices on this wonderful quilt pattern and you are amazing I love what you have accomplished and I so glad that I have access to be able to view..it is just awesome!!love it love it love it!!!
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November 20th, 2009 at 6:10 am
OMGosh, by machine??? I’m shocked ROFL. I love the on point layout and lots of area for great quilting motifs.
Crispy
November 20th, 2009 at 8:06 am
Your Baltimore Bliss is just gorgeous! Crispy is right…lots of wonderful space for hand quilting motifs!
The muffins sound sooooo good!
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November 20th, 2009 at 8:56 am
LOL Crispy I do use my machine once in awhile! Actually most of the time I do machine piece my blocks together – some projects I specifically do the whole thing by hand others I do all the piecing by machine – just depends on what I feel like at the moment.
November 21st, 2009 at 8:56 am
Thank you for your comments on my blog. Those straight lines were a lot of work! I did not have a walking foot OR a stitching guide. I will be getting both of those before I do my next quilt. But I agree with you. I prefer straight lines in contrast to busy designs. Thanks again!
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November 21st, 2009 at 12:58 pm
The Baltimore Bliss looks lovely-so sweet and pretty-and with lots of space for quilting!
Those muffins sound really good!
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November 21st, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Beautiful work . . again! Karen, just love it; oh and those muffins sound heavenly ;o) do you mot have rechargeable batteries for your camera? I keep two sets, so always have some spare charged up, took me awhile to get so organised though! maybe it’s your batteries not the camera . . .
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November 22nd, 2009 at 8:27 am
I love the Baltimore Bliss blocks. I’ve saved them to do in the future. We do tend to like much the same things!
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November 22nd, 2009 at 8:41 am
Mary you will enjoy these blocks