tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22433306553921627382011-07-28T10:31:42.037-07:00A Childhood in QuiltsLorainenoreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243330655392162738.post-29965035058639255432009-08-16T13:29:00.000-07:002009-08-16T13:55:04.956-07:00<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;">A few more pictures of some older projects...</span></span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/SohwCgJpkcI/AAAAAAAAAF4/mApF1j42o9Q/s1600-h/DSC02355.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/SohwCgJpkcI/AAAAAAAAAF4/mApF1j42o9Q/s400/DSC02355.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370665743931773378" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/SohwCQNgcxI/AAAAAAAAAFw/fuxCYWkIm7Y/s1600-h/DSC02360.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/SohwCQNgcxI/AAAAAAAAAFw/fuxCYWkIm7Y/s400/DSC02360.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370665739652985618" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/SohwB5hvBLI/AAAAAAAAAFo/xWhmV1UFdHc/s1600-h/DSC02347.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/SohwB5hvBLI/AAAAAAAAAFo/xWhmV1UFdHc/s400/DSC02347.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370665733563810994" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/SohwBe3ULtI/AAAAAAAAAFg/SZsFM4jBr5I/s1600-h/DSC02351.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 332px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/SohwBe3ULtI/AAAAAAAAAFg/SZsFM4jBr5I/s400/DSC02351.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370665726406569682" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-size:small;">The above is a quilt I made out of 2-inch squares with appliqued stars, Moon, and Sun. This quilt took quite a while, but I loved the challenge of designing it completely on my own. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Below is a Yellow Brick Road I made for little Mara out of vibrant, pastel batiks. It was so soft and pretty.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/SohtZAWbUDI/AAAAAAAAAFY/VGdqitdUN4c/s1600-h/DSC02247.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/SohtZAWbUDI/AAAAAAAAAFY/VGdqitdUN4c/s400/DSC02247.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370662831997538354" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/SohtYzRdxwI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/7UP0p3NuTps/s1600-h/DSC02235.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/SohtYzRdxwI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/7UP0p3NuTps/s400/DSC02235.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370662828487067394" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/SohtYe6Mk7I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cN5r4k9ZqoM/s1600-h/DSC02249.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/SohtYe6Mk7I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cN5r4k9ZqoM/s400/DSC02249.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370662823020762034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/SohtX9H1avI/AAAAAAAAAFA/OtxBEqBFpXY/s1600-h/DSC02240.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/SohtX9H1avI/AAAAAAAAAFA/OtxBEqBFpXY/s400/DSC02240.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370662813951159026" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2243330655392162738-2996503505863925543?l=hankandvi.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lorainenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243330655392162738.post-4210023234163493782009-08-16T11:57:00.000-07:002009-08-17T09:25:33.741-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;">My taste in design and fabrics have changed a bit in my 8 years of quilting, but I am adding some pictures of a few of my older projects while my new quilting space is being prepared. I feel compelled to disclose that this new "space" is actually a corner of baby Violet's room that will be accessible only when she is awake and occupied elsewhere!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/Soha44CwhKI/AAAAAAAAAEo/l0qLLEq8uTA/s400/Lori-Kubiak-Quilt02+-+(7).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370642488802444450" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/Soha4upPj-I/AAAAAAAAAEg/23rc6vuwYhU/s400/Lori-Kubiak-Quilt02+-+(3).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370642486279507938" /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/Soha4DuUZdI/AAAAAAAAAEY/BOEiRITdIKk/s1600-h/Lori-Kubiak-Quilt02+-+(2).JPG"><br /><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/Soha4DuUZdI/AAAAAAAAAEY/BOEiRITdIKk/s400/Lori-Kubiak-Quilt02+-+(2).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370642474758071762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/Soha5X9bK0I/AAAAAAAAAEw/PQUExMceeJA/s1600-h/Lori-Kubiak-Quilt02+-+(0).jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 400px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/Soha5X9bK0I/AAAAAAAAAEw/PQUExMceeJA/s400/Lori-Kubiak-Quilt02+-+(0).jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370642497370008386" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">A pansy wall-hanging I designed for my parents' dining room soon after I began quilting.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;">And...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><br /></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/SohX-KAUAHI/AAAAAAAAAEI/Of6lN4TRnO0/s1600-h/Lori-Kubiak-Quilt01+-+(9).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/SohX-KAUAHI/AAAAAAAAAEI/Of6lN4TRnO0/s400/Lori-Kubiak-Quilt01+-+(9).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370639280988487794" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/SohdewTF2eI/AAAAAAAAAE4/tme1L_IFlKY/s1600-h/Lori-Kubiak-Quilt01+-+(2).JPG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/SohdewTF2eI/AAAAAAAAAE4/tme1L_IFlKY/s400/Lori-Kubiak-Quilt01+-+(2).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370645338581752290" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/SohX9weFixI/AAAAAAAAAEA/2Srhnsqd9Rk/s1600-h/Lori-Kubiak-Quilt01+-+(4).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/SohX9weFixI/AAAAAAAAAEA/2Srhnsqd9Rk/s400/Lori-Kubiak-Quilt01+-+(4).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370639274134047506" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This was a king-size quilt that I made for my brother's wedding. It was my first and thus-far only attempt at such a monstrously huge quilt. My machine has yet to fully forgive me</span>!</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2243330655392162738-421002323416349378?l=hankandvi.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lorainenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243330655392162738.post-38887519500630321432009-08-16T07:09:00.000-07:002009-08-16T11:19:50.614-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/Sogq7rmEIQI/AAAAAAAAADA/LzfpSsrziew/s1600-h/DSC_8061.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/Sogq7rmEIQI/AAAAAAAAADA/LzfpSsrziew/s400/DSC_8061.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370589760442343682" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/Sogq7EvORSI/AAAAAAAAAC4/yfR2gszY7VM/s1600-h/DSC_8058.JPG"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/Sogq7EvORSI/AAAAAAAAAC4/yfR2gszY7VM/s400/DSC_8058.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370589750011774242" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-family:georgia, -webkit-fantasy;">A few shots of the quilt and pillows I made for Hank's nursery, before his room began its slow descent into childhood clutter and chaos. Hank's room was just this serene until we brought him home.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/SogipyHwYsI/AAAAAAAAACI/HQ6rFbIwoVg/s400/Teddy+Bear+in+the+Crib.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370580656863601346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2243330655392162738-3888751950063032143?l=hankandvi.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lorainenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243330655392162738.post-5013097723407048102009-08-16T06:36:00.001-07:002009-08-16T08:55:21.671-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/Sogp74btQvI/AAAAAAAAACw/-ZDCVma2OmQ/s1600-h/DSC_7910.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/Sogp74btQvI/AAAAAAAAACw/-ZDCVma2OmQ/s400/DSC_7910.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370588664376935154" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/Sogp7SX4SmI/AAAAAAAAACo/xQu2pb6u_MM/s1600-h/Violet+Talking.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eXBa5oehaX8/Sogp7SX4SmI/AAAAAAAAACo/xQu2pb6u_MM/s400/Violet+Talking.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370588654160333410" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-family:georgia, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Starting my first blog to document my attempt at juggling two toddlers and a fledgling quilt business. In between diaper changes and potty training, there will be a lot of fabric and patterns and finished quilts! The aforementioned toddlers, Hank and <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia, -webkit-fantasy;">Vi, are always in the mix and their sippy cups and toys will likely be featured in the</span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;">photos along with the quilts.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2243330655392162738-501309772340704810?l=hankandvi.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lorainenoreply@blogger.com4