From the Quote Box

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Mary Beth Frezon

What is Success? To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived; this is to have succeeded.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Dark green

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Mary Beth Frezon

OK, so 32 rows of dark to medium-dark greens up on the wall. There are a couple spots I know I’ll fiddle with but I’m happy with it overall. I’m going to have to condense it a bit in order to get the rest of the rows up there so I want to take a couple decent photos of what’s there now. There are some greens and blues that just aren’t built for photographing. I’m actually going to haul my nikon up there to see what that makes of some of those colors. It’s so much mushier and darker than what the panasonic sees. Very odd. But still and all, it’s on the wall and underway and that’s what matters.

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28 rows of green on the wall.. 28 rows of green

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Mary Beth Frezon

About half the squares stuck up on the wall

Well it seemed like I had an overwhelming number of green fabrics, 60+ darks and about 40 lights. Not so much in the overwhelming number department it turns out, at least not in the darks. A few rows of sticking squares up on the wall till I switch over to lights.

Looks ok though. I am just trying to get it up there on the wall so I can decide if that’s going to work.

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All about the math

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Mary Beth Frezon

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Sometimes, in the middle of doing what many would consider mindless and boring, you realize that you’re actually paying some important bits of attention.

For example, if you’re cutting long strips into squares, it pays to use the previous cut to rest the back end of the ruler on. That way you can press straight down on the cutting side and your rotary cutter is more likely to cut perpendicular to the mat, making all the pieces the same size.

Ok and a good movie helps get it done too.

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More is more

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Mary Beth Frezon

It’s a funny thing. Today I created 50 stacks of different “dark” fabrics. A few of them I was half-hearted about. I don’t really have a way to handle or store that many stacks. There were a couple too many browns. Maybe too many mediums.

So I did what any self-respecting quilter would do: I rummaged in the stash and pulled and ironed a bunch more choices!

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