Ok ok ok. I know, it’s shocking – there are actual show notes!

I figured this episode really needed them.

Quantitative needs:

Recording software - Audacity

Software required to convert Audicity file into an MP3 - LAME

Microphone

A place to host your podcast – Blip

And a blog to accompany it….

Qualitative:

An idea – something you REALLY like and can picture yourself talking about for a while and won’t mind looking stuff up every once in a while.

A format – it can be as strict or as lax as you like/have time for.

An audience – this is the tricky part.

Start with other podcasters – for instance, if you will be podcasting about quilting – contact me, brye, jean, michelle, jennifer, kelley, ruthanne, darla etc. and we (well, I am speaking for everyone here but I bet it’s true) will be more than happy to give you a shoutout on our show.

Become part of the community – leave comments on other people’s blogs, go on facebook, twitter, and all that jazz and comment, status update, and tweet about your new podcast.  Don’t be shy – just say HI!

Episode #110

The Songs:
00:25 Wiser Time – Revolution
08:20 Morphine Killer – Unapologetic
13:15 Verismo – Greed
18:03 P. W. Fenton – On This Day in Blues History
20:22 Rob Blackledge – Should Have Known Better
23:00 G Tom Mac – Wish You Well
27:00 Patti RothBerg – Double Standard

The Artist’s Webpage:
http://www.wiser-time.com- Wiser Time
http://www.morphinekiller.com – Morphine Killer
http://www.verismetal.com – Verismo
http://www.bluesland.net – P. W. Fenton
http://www.robblackledge.com – Rob Blackledge
http://www.gtommac.com – G Tom Mac
http://www.pattirothberg.com – Patti RothBerg

You can find P. W. Fenton at:

http://www.bluesland.net,

http://www.perfecthead.com,

http://www.digitalflotsam.org

and on iTunes.

Songs heard on the BartyCast are from:
Music Alley http://www.musicalley.com
Ariel Publicity http://www.arielpublicity.net

Please support these artists by buying their music.
Look for them on iTunes, or CD Baby.
Often you can purchase their music from their websites.

Email me at bartycast@gmail.com

Check out the drop at http://www.drop.io/bartycast

Check out the show notes at:

http://www.bartycast.com

You can see our fun Mazda MX-5 at:

http://web.mac.com/highway61/Site/Excitement.html

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Episode #110, Rock out here!

On episode 49 I talked about 1 of my newest uses for Freezer Paper. I absolutely love this! It makes me look like I can actually free motion quilt:)

Here is the quilt sandwich, prepared for quilting and tucking into the machine. Please note – I DID start from the center and worked my way out to the sides. I simply ironed the freezer paper shapes onto the quilt top and FMQ’d around them… so easy.

On episode 50 – I spoke with Tami and she described one of her quilts – how about a visual for that?

Messing About in Ships podcast is back! Last night I interviewed Captain Doug Pine who told an amazing sea story about what happened to him after replying to this ad.

Here’s the rest of the story. Grab a beer and popcorn because it’s a long but good one!

Leadership Lessons from a Modern Day Mutiny(download)

Cross posted at Weekly Leader and Sea-Fever.

I’m thinking that with everything going on surrounding the blog and the podcast these days – I needs me a schedule.

I will be alternating out weekly (can you even believe it???) between a regular podcast, an interview podcast, and posting a new tutorial. However – I still cannot promise actual show notes – they will likely show up intermittently as individual posts when I remember! Hey, we can’t expect the world here, people. I go with my strengths!

Also – I believe I have found a solution to the fabulous pitiful excuse for a forum that we have going on… However, keep signing up for it because everyone (except perhaps the one’s whose email ends with zmail.ru) signed up will automatically be invited to the new home.  Which, I am happy to say I have found and I really do believe it’s what we’ve been looking for! Just doing a bit of housekeeping and then we can rock it out get out our projects and share. It’s going to be GR-e-AT! Just like Tony the Tiger says!!

So in honor of this miraculous occassion (ok, maybe it’s not miracle, but it’s pretty darn close) I will be having another giveaway!

Comment on this post for a chance to win  this magazine!

During the show – I did my best to describe the lines I drew on my work table. These lines were to assist in better pressing – keeping everything lined up.

These are the lines…

Basically, the space between the vertical lines match up with the size of the pieces I would press open.

I thought I would show you an example.  However – the house quilt now looks like this:

After Max attacked the perfectly assembled assembly line of yesteryear - I decided that perhaps I should just put it aside.  Come back to it when I can laugh about it.

The name of the quilt has been chosen – from now on it will be known as

‘The house that Maxie built’.

Episode #109

The Songs:
01:25 28 – One Summer Day
05:35 The Essentials – Foreplay On The Beach
11:15 Michael Dimitri – Summertime
15:20 P. W. Fenton – On This Day in Blues History
17:35 Greg Waters – No Turning Back
23:00 Seamonkey, The FuMP – Swine Flu!
27:00 The Anthems – Whiskey and Wine

The Artist’s Webpage:
http://www.twentyeightmusic.com – 28
http://www.essentialsmusic.net – The Essentials
http://www.michaeldimitri.com – Michael Dimitri
http://www.bluesland.net – P. W. Fenton
http://gregwatersmusic.com – Greg Waters
http://www.thefump.com/artist.php?id=16 – Seamonkey, The FuMP
http://theanthems.com – The Anthems

You can find P. W. Fenton at:

http://www.bluesland.net

http://www.digitalflotsam.org

and on iTunes

Please support these artists by buying their music.
Look for them on iTunes, or CD Baby.
Often you can purchase their music from their websites.

Email me at bartycast@gmail.com

Check out the drop at http://www.drop.io/bartycast

Check out the show notes at:

http://www.bartycast.com

You can see our fun Mazda MX-5 at:

http://web.mac.com/highway61/Site/Excitement.html

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Episode #109, Another BartyCast is out.

Discovered the Linux in the Ham Shack podcast the other day, and downloaded my first episode last night so that I could listen to it during the morning commute.

There were a lot of good links mentioned in the episode. I decided to listen to the show again and go through and collect all of the links mentioned and post them here as they’re not listed on the LHS site yet.  This is not a slight against KB5JBV or K5TUX – a lot of times real life can get in the way of things that you need to do online.  Just decided to put this up for myself, as much as for anyone else who can benefit from the list.

• The Princeton, KY Ham Radio Club mentioned the Linux in the Ham Shack podcast.
• Hacker Public Radio is going to have KB5JBV and K5TUX contribute some stuff in the future.
• Windows 7 Is The Same As Ubuntu is a post at ZDNet which points out that there’s very little difference between the two.  Seeing as how the browser is really the platform now, this makes good sense.

Need to run some callsign searches?  There’s no shortage of search plugins for Firefox that can do this.

• AE7Q has a plugin for callsign searches, as well as showing your grid square on a Google Map.
• QRZ also has a callsign lookup plugin (this is the one that I use regularly)
• The ARRL has it’s own version of the callsign lookup plugin too.

More ham stuff for Firefox?  Sure.

• N0HR puts out a Firefox plugincalled Propfire that will give you solar information in the browser.  I use this one myself.
• N0HR also put together the PropStats page, detailing how to add solar info to your website, and the Ham Radio Toolbar, which will add a lot of this functionality as a toolbar to your browser.

And some eye candy…

• FoxTab brings 3D browsing functionality to Firefox
• Cool Iris does the same thing for photos on the web

If you want a software-based KVM, have a look at Synergy 2.  There are numerous front ends for the OSX platform, including: Synergy KM, Quick Synergy and Mac OSX Synergy Configurator.

Love this landscape quilt! I was totally sold as soon as I saw this photo!

The website for Country Stencils

Bonnie Blue fabrics

The website for Bonnie Blue Fabrics

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Well, the big news on this show is my new machine – the cricut!

A visual of the shapes I described during the show.

With my cel phone do give you an idea of the size. And the back of the heart already has fusible on it! Oh, and the fabric it is on is the backing fabric I picked up in Pomeroy.

The machine

The keyboard for this particular set of shapes - each cartridge comes with it's own removable keyboard - how neat!

I still haven't used this newer version of the Guidelines for Quilting Ruler System...

I emailed the company looking for more information on this because there website, while fantastic; doesn’t seem to have any info on this one!

And not mentioned in this episode – but yes, another cutting system has entered the Studio of madness – Remember a while back I’d asked if anyone had tried this – well, since noone answered me (ha-rumph!) I figured I should just check it out for myself.  I used my 40% off coupon at Jo-ann’s plus a 10% memorial day discount and made sure it was returnable.  BUT guess what?? It really works! I love it. (darn! – no, really, it’s ok, I need another cutter) The fabric doesn’t slip around and the cuts are clean and sharp.  Uses a regular 45mm blade.

And finally, for today’s post anyway – here is the picture of what Denise in Ca. did with the Fraktur scraps – isn’t it fabulous?!

Episode #108

The Songs:
00:50 P. W. Fenton – On This Day in Blues History
03:35 TV’s Kyle – Mind Over Matter
05:55 Noam Weinstein – Assholes in Training
07:55 Bob Ricci – Connisseur of Girl TV
11:37 Bob Ricci – My Darkest Secret
17:40 Robert Lund  – The Awful Truth About Hannah Montana
20:55 Carrie Dahlby – Dear Britney
24:45 F-Holes  – Tits
27:23 F-Holes – Freak of Nature

The Mevio Links:
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=8073 – The FuMP
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=596 – Noam Weinstein
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=7573 – F-Holes

The Artist’s Webpage:

http://eNoam.com

http://www.thefump.com

http://www.thefump.com/artist.php?id=30 – TV’s Kyle
http://www.thefump.com/artist.php?id=29 – Bob Ricci
http://www.thefump.com/artist.php?id=18 – Robert Lund
http://www.thefump.com/artist.php?id=14 – Carrie Dahlby

http://www.myspace.com/totallyskankinfholes

You can find P. W. Fenton at:

http://www.bluesland.net

http://www.digitalflotsam.org

and  on iTunes

Please support these artists by buying their music.
Look for them on iTunes, or CD Baby.
Often you can purchase their music from their websites.

Email me at bartycast@gmail.com

Check out the drop at http://www.drop.io/bartycast

Check out the show notes at:

http://www.bartycast.com

You can see our fun Mazda MX-5 at

http://web.mac.com/highway61/Site/Excitement.html

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For Episode #108, The laughs are here.

Episode #107

The Songs:
00:11 Danko Jones – First Date
04:00 Uncle Seth – To Be An Angel
08:15 Left Arm – Forget The Rock, Let’s Roll
12:10 The Vultures – Attitude
14:15 The Vultures – Shock Therapy Blues
16:55 The Blues Vultures – Cheap Guitars & Honky Tonk Bars
20:40 P. W. Fenton – On This Day in Blues History
22:40 The Essentials – Flashback
27:55 The Essentials – Convoluted Minds
32:25 Johnny O & The Jerks – Fry my Brain on Cellophane
34:40 Johnny O & The Jerks – White Knuckle Rock and Roll
39:15 Matt Mays & El Torpedo – It Don’t Matter

The Mevio Links:
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=3244 – Danko Jones
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=393 – Uncle Seth
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=6177 – Left Arm
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=7729 – The Vultures
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=3325 – The Blues Vultures
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=10651 – The Essentials
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=7730 – Johnny O & The Jerks
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=7573 – Matt Mays & El Torpedo

The Artist’s Webpage:

http://www.dankojones.com

http://musicface.com/uncleseth

http://www.left-arm.com

http://www.myspace.com/thevulturesmusic

http://bluesvultures.com

http://www.essentialsmusic.net

http://www.myspace.com/johnnyoandthejerks

http://www.mattmays.com

You can find P. W. Fenton at:

http://www.bluesland.net

http://www.digitalflotsam.org

and on iTunes

Please support these artists by buying their music.
Look for them on iTunes, or CD Baby.
Often you can purchase their music from their websites.

Email me at bartycast@gmail.com

Check out the drop at http://www.drop.io/bartycast

Check out the show notes at:

http://www.bartycast.com

You can see our fun Mazda MX-5 at:

http://web.mac.com/highway61/Site/Excitement.html

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Here is Episode #107, Click it.

The first episode of Knitscape With Beeca and Betty has arrived! A phone call to test recording capabilities, and possibly a teaser, and a whole entire 1st episode was born! An impromptu conversation that covers everything from That 1 Guy to angry gorillas. Pretty good for two ladies that have never met before!

(Beeca sez: sincere apologies for the bitchin’ echo. It will be resolved in Episode 2.)

CLICK HERE (and then the pod symbol) to listen, or subscribe to us on itunes!

Knitting:
Aeolian Shawl
Amused
Nutkin

Yarn:
Silk & Sea Silk
Cascade 220

Music:
The Fratellis
That 1 Guy
Kate Rusby

Watching:
The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny

Podcast Music:
MuGeek
Skullcrusher Mountain by Jonathan Coulton

Episode #106

The Songs:
00:28 Shawn Farley – The Last Time We Talked
03:35 P. W. Fenton – On This Day in Blues History
05:55 The Flinchers – Moon Looks Good in June
09:25 The Velmas – Playground
13:00 The Unsacred Hearts – Airline Bottles
15:40 The Hall Monitors – The Girl Can’t Dance
17:35 Undiscovered Country – All This Can Be Yours
21:50 Devi – Another Day
24:45 Devi – Demon in the Sack

The Mevio Links:
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=5064 – The Velmas
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=10186 – The Unsacred Hearts
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=5017 – The Hall Monitors
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=16871 – Undiscovered Country
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=2182 – Devi

The Artist’s Webpage:

http://www.shawnfarley.com

http://www.myspace.com/theflinchers

http://www.citycanyons.com/theVelmas/index.html

http://seriousbusinessrecords.com/artists/show/1

http://www.myspace.com/hallmonitors

http://www.theuc.us

http://www.devi-rock.com

You can find P. W. Fenton at:

http://www.bluesland.net

http://www.digitalflotsam.org

and on iTunes

Please support these artists by buying their music.
Look for them on iTunes, or CD Baby.
Often you can purchase their music from their websites.

Email me at bartycast@gmail.com

Check out the drop at http://www.drop.io/bartycast

Check out the show notes at:

http://www.bartycast.com

You can see our fun Mazda MX-5 at:

http://web.mac.com/highway61/Site/Excitement.html

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To download Episode #106, Here is where you click.

Download MP3: Messing About In Ships Episode 36 April 1, 2009

(41 minutes)

This week Peter interviews Ben Strong from Amver (Twitter @amver) about the 2009 Connecticut Maritime Association Shipping Conference in Stamford, CT.

Music: The World The People Together by The Dandy Warhols and Invisible by Wendy & Lisa (Podsafe Music Network)

Subscribe Via iTunes HERE

Shownotes coming soon!

Episode #105

The Songs:
01:20 The Last People On Earth – Are You Awake?
06:55 Josh Charles – Pickin’ Up The Pieces
11:30 The Other Chris Hardy – Invisible Beatnik
15:05 P. W. Fenton – On This Day in Blues History
17:00 Matthew Ebel – Trees
22:30 Arlis Moon – Change Your Mind
26:05 Devi – Howl at the Moon
31:35 Love = Action – Amy Won’t Fall In Love

The Mevio Links:
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=17122 – The Last People On Earth
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=16037 – Josh Charles
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=9397 – The Other Chris Hardy
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=159 – Matthew Ebel
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=5017 – Arlis Moon
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=16871 – Devi
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=2182 – Love = Action

The Artist’s Webpage:

http://www.myspace.com/thelastpeopleonearth

http://www.joshcharlesmusic.com/home

http://www.geocities.com/zenberger/index

http://www.matthewebel.com

http://matthewebel.net

http://www.myspace.com/arlismoon

http://www.devi-rock.com

http://www.myspace.com/loveequalsaction

You can find P. W. Fenton at:

http://www.bluesland.net

http://www.digitalflotsam.org

and on iTunes

Please support these artists by buying their music.
Look for them on iTunes, or CD Baby.
Often you can purchase their music from their websites.

Email me at bartycast@gmail.com

Check out the drop at http://www.drop.io/bartycast

Check out the show notes at:
http://www.bartycast.com

You can see our fun Mazda MX-5 at:

http://web.mac.com/highway61/Site/Excitement.html

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To download Episode #105, Click Here….

Episode #104

The Songs:
01:10 Bullets in a Burning Box – Aepypterus Red H
05:10 Undiscovered Country – Michael, Will You Love Her In The Winter?
09:05 fifty nine violets – thugg
12:55 Ninja – Not So Pretty Now
16:35 Ninja – Whores
20:50 Wild Card – Love on time
24:30 P. W. Fenton = On This Day in Blues History
27:30 Black Velvet Elvis – Sunday Blues

The Mevio Links:
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=13813 – Bullets in a Burning Box
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=17169 – Undiscovered Country
http://www.mevio.com/music – fifty nine violets
http://www.mevio.com/music – Wild Card
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=14229 – Black Velvet Elvis

The Artist’s Webpage:

http://bulletsburning.com/

http://www.theuc.us/

http://www.myspace.com/fiftynineviolets

http://www.ninja2009.com/

http://www.myspace.com/WILDCARDROCKBAND

http://www.bluesland.net

http://www.myspace.com/joewgorman

You can find P. W. Fenton at:

http://www.bluesland.net

http://www.digitalflotsam.org

and on iTunes

Please support these artists by buying their music.
Look for them on iTunes, or CD Baby.
Often you can purchase their music from their websites.

Email me at bartycast@gmail.com

Check out the drop at http://www.drop.io/bartycast

Check out the show notes at:

http://www.bartycast.com

You can see our fun Mazda MX-5 at:

http://web.mac.com/highway61/Site/Excitement.html

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Click here for Episode #104, Damn snow!

Download MP3: Messing About In Ships Episode 35 March 19, 2009

(61 minutes)

Interview

This week I interview Nick Jaffe (Twitter @bigoceans) about his solo sailing adventures and sponsorship challenge from the social media / online crusing guide BlueMapia.  Please register (for free) for BlueMapia and plot a few points of interest on their online cruising guide to help raise some sponsorship for the remainder of Nick’s adventure.

Nick’s Boat:

News Items

USNS Impeccable Story

• Impeccable Article
• Chinese Fishing Vessel / Navy Incident FAQ
• Video Explanation
• Charlie Rose Interview With Admiral Mullen

Hawaii SuperFerry

• All gCaptain Hawaii Superferry Blog Articles
• Maritime Executive Magazine – Joe Keefe’s Superferry Article

Interesting Items:

• Maritime Terms Quiz!
• Heidi Cool’s Web Development Blog

Twitter Links:

• Heidi Cool On Twitter
• gCaptain On Twitter
• SeaFever On Twitter

Events:

• Seatrade 2009
• CMA’s Shipping 2009 – Visit us at Booth 108

Music: Wave Over Wave by The Great Big Sea and So Far Down by David Usher

Subscribe Via iTunes HERE

Episode #103

The Songs:
00:35 Robert Bradley’s Blackwater Surprise – Alabama
07:40 Rademacher -Arkansas
12:35 Fireking – Arkansas
16:15 Modern Science – Look Where You’re Walkin’
19:45 Modern Science – Whatever You Say
24:50 P. W. Fenton = On This Day in Blues History
28:50 Barrett Tagliarino – Birds of Prey
33:27 Barrett Tagliarino – Throttle Twister

The Mevio Links:
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=10234 – Rademacher
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=9493 – Fireking
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=15921 – Modern Science

The Artist’s Webpage:

http://www.robertbradleysblackwatersurprise.com

http://www.myspace.com/RobertBradleysBlackwaterSurprise

http://www.myspace.com/rademacher

http://www.firekings.com/

http://www.modernsciencemusic.com/

http://monsterguitars.com/

You can find P. W. Fenton at:

http://www.bluesland.net

http://www.digitalflotsam.org

and on iTunes

Please support these artists by buying their music.
Look for them on iTunes, or CD Baby.
Often you can purchase their music from their websites.

Email me at bartycast@gmail.com

Check out the drop at http://www.drop.io/bartycast

Check out the show notes at:

http://www.bartycast.com

You can see our fun Mazda MX-5 at:

http://web.mac.com/highway61/Site/Excitement.html

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And here is Episode #103, Click This!

Santa Maria Shipping - Short Sea Shipping

Download MP3: Messing About in Ships episode 34, March 12, 2009

(52 minutes)

This week John interviews Stas Magaronis, President of Santa Maria Shipowning and Trading about green and short sea shipping and the marine highway. Music: Radioghost by Norwegian Recycling from Mashuptown.com

Subscribe Via iTunes HERE

Shownotes @ Messing About In Ships blog

Be sure to check out the latest issue of American Patchwork and Quilting April 2009 for the majority of the tips I chatted about on this episode!

This is the quilt I loved! Little birdies:)

Here’s  the link for the organization posts on Whip-up that I mentioned.

The 2 questions I asked:

1) When does a WIP (work in progress) become a UFO (Unfinished object) and can that UFO become a FQ (Finished Quilt)?

2) Do you press your seams open or to one side? WHY??

Thanks!

Episode #102

The Songs:
00:25 Acres and Acres – Don’t Come Knockin’
05:50 Tony Mecca  – Morning Coffee
09:20 Tony Mecca  – New Green Shirt 
13:20 Jeff Ronay – Shortys in the Flats 
17:15 Aloud – Can You Hear Me Now?
19:35 Aloud – Release
23:15 ADZ – Kiss My Fist

The Mevio Links:
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=16435 – Acres and Acres
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=16726 – Tony Mecca
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=1371 – Jeff Ronay
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=3314 – Aloud
http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=5995 – ADZ

The Artist’s Webpages:

http://www.youtube.com/acresandacres

http://www.myspace.com/acresandacres

http://www.tonymeccamusic.com

http://cdbaby.com/cd/jeffronay

http://cdbaby.com/cd/jeffronay2

http://cdbaby.com/cd/jeffronay3

http://www.allthingsaloud.com

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aloud

http://www.steelcagerecords.com/catalog/scr022.html

Please support these artists by buying their music. 
     Look for them on iTunes, or CD Baby. 

Often you can purchase their music from their websites.

Email me at bartycast@gmail.com

Check out the drop at http://www.drop.io/bartycast

Check out the show notes at:
     http://www.bartycast.com

You can see our fun Mazda MX-5 at:

http://web.mac.com/highway61/Site/Excitement.html

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Click here for Episode #102, Really Brrrrr!

So, this episode has me eating a little crow because I previously dissed the Quilter’s Home magazine and now – after trying it again – it does have its’ merits!

I also reviewed this book by Claire Garland.

And this book ‘Scraps and Shirttails: Reuse, Re-purpose, Recycle!’ by Bonnie K. Hunter.

I am continuing to work on this quilt. It’s called Fraktur – I’ve posted about it before.  It is really interesting to see how much my abilities have changed/grown since the beginning as this was one of the very first quilts I ever started!

I have also prepared the top left and right corners (prepared for applique by gluing into place with Glue Baste It ) I haven't updated the photo because the camera is upstairs and if I don't post this now - I don't know when I will!

Glue Baste It

A close up of the center square which will be 'medallionized' with pieced half-square triangles when the quilt is set.

Close up of the applique. I appliqued the center petals onto the flower by hand before appliqueing the blue one's by machine.

A blurry (sorry) shot of one of the side blocks which features this flower.

Not just another pretty face! The wings took a very long time to get just right...

And this is what a block looks like before I applique - everything is in its place before I start to sew. This way - I do all the green thread first and then the next color and so on...

Close ups...

Close ups...