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"...Saving 9"

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Challenge 9.5 Stitch in Time.  Voting Here For some reason I kept getting flashes of that old TV game show "Concentration".  They always had little idioms or cliche' phrases like this one, "A stitch in time saves nine.".  Along with the late 70's decor of that show and the Ocean's 11 movies, I found my retro fabrics.  I had a picture in my head that needed very contrasting patterns and colors.  Went down to the local fabric hot spot the Modern Sewist!!!  I present to you "...Saving Nine", 1'6"x 2', central florida None of this seems to go together.  Can I really pull this off? Slowly arranging and changing.  The image in my head did not have exact placement or proportion...  Oh but now it does!!!     Pulled some colored threads and iron on patches together for the transformation. Where to start?  What font did I want to go with?  Old Vegas was the source for the font.  Took each letter from a dif...
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Project Quilting, Challenge 9.3. Bold and Brave

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#90 "Wander not Lost"   For voting purposes, thanks My first quilt, two weeks ago, was completed at my sister's studio in CA-  I didn't realize how much easier that made the process until I arrived home in FL to begin my second quilt.      My first challenge- how to make a quilting studio in 5 minutes?  Grab the ol' kitchen table and chairs of course, lol!  Dig through all closets in house till I found Mom's sewing machine. Next track down all sewing related items.  Linked my computer to a TV and started cranking some classic rock. Everyone starts somewhere.  This is my starting point. First concept was to see a Samurai, sword drawn, against an unknown antagonist.  As the pieces started to come together, this concept changed from a battle scene to a journey of possibilities.  This felt like it fit the Brave and Bold challenge topic better.  It also seemed to sum up my life over the last few years. Beginning...
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