Happy St. Patrick's Day

"Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift"  Life Lessons According to Regina

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saint Patrick is the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland. St Patrick is credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland. Most of what is known about him comes from his two works; the Confessio, a spiritual autobiography, and his Epistola, a denunciation of British mistreatment of Irish Christians.

So Raise a glass of Green Beer:

 

A toast for St Patrick’s Day, “May the roof above us never fall in, and may we friends beneath it never fall out.”


Blank, Blank = Socks!

Remember this secret sock blank from Gale's Art that I wrote about early this year?

I started with the correct end to unravel for my secret socks

Knitting is such fun!  Unraveling from the blank is easy and you can never pull off too much--well, I guess you could. 

Finished!  And ready to begin the second sock!  I was worried that I would use too much of the blank, but now I think I'll have leftover yarn..............

You Be THE JUDGE!

 

"Yield" Life Lessons According to Regina

 

Before we become judges, let's talk a little about what is a Blue Ribbon.  Why do we give Blue Ribbons as first place?

 

Here is the definition from Wikipedia:  The blue ribbon is a symbol of high quality. The association comes from The Blue Ribald, a prize awarded for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by passenger liners and, prior to that from Cordon Bleu, which referred to the blue ribbon worn by a particular order of knights. The spelling blue riband is still encountered in most English-speaking countries, but in the United States, the term was altered to blue ribbon, and ribbons of this color came to be awarded for first place in certain athletic or other competitive endeavours (such as county and state fairs). It also may be applied to distinguished members of a group or commission who have convened to address a situation or problem; the usual usage is "blue ribbon commission" or "blue-ribbon panel".

 

Now, that we know about Blue Ribbons, what makes these quilts ribbon winners?  How would you score them--1 thru 10 in creativity, design, stitching, finishing, backing, etc.?

 

And now a look at the ribbons creativity.

 

This is the Best of Show and also Judges' Choice Award winner at the latest West Houston Guild Show

Lovely applique

This was a good exhibit!  and a show of winners all around!

Pi Day!

It is Pi Day! 

What is interesting about this day, especially 03.14.15?   Because 2015 holds the most accurate Pi Day in the ENTIRE 21st CENTURY.

3.141592653 = March 14, 2015. 9:26:53 AM

How Cool is that?

This will happen again in 2115! 

Pi Day is an annual celebration commemorating the mathematical constant π (pi). Pi Day is observed on March 14 (or 3/14 in the month/day date format), since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant digits of π in decimal form. In 2009, the United States House of Representatives supported the designation of Pi Day.^[2]
Pi (π) is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Pi is a constant number, meaning that for all circles of any size, Pi will be the same.
The diameter of a circle is the distance from edge to edge, measuring straight through the center. The circumference of a circle is the distance around.


How will you celebrate?  Eating Pie, of course! 

Vacation Time Mystery QAL

"The best is yet to come" Life Lessons According to Regina

WOW!  Another Friday the 13th! 

Of Course!  I'm going on this vacation QAL

So Far the patterns have been interesting and fun to assemble

This is February block

January--and I'm not too excited about the background fabric

March and I'm loving this background--

Another March pattern--this will be quilt for Grandson who loves his horses, truck and all things cowboy! 

Sashing with Karen

"Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere" Life Lessons According to Regina 

 Karen has these blocks to assemble..........

Really good color combination, but she has a dilemma==What sashing should she use? 

I suggest laying out the blocks with some sashing choices and take a photo--it's amazing what the camera eye sees that ours don't.  Okay, we laid out the blocks and put down the cross bars.  What do you think was her choice?

And now, what do you we should use for the outside borders? 

This one?

This one?

How about this?

Another choice

Then, this one.  What did she choose?  We won't know until she brings the quilt top back next month; then we'll see.  What would you choose if this was your quilt?

Now, here is Karen's choice:

She decided to use just red for the intersections and now will work on the border 

She will use the curling ribbon for her outside border with a light inter border

A small sample of the ribbon effect--she is going to use the solid red for the half block--will be interesting quilt top. Soon we'll see the finished project!

 

Other Stitching Techniques

"If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back"  Life Lessons According to Regina

When we gather as Weavers, we don't always talk JUST about weaving.............

Because, all fiber techniques have interlacement of yarn in some way or other.

Susan is working on these Noro Yarn blocks

She is using this pattern

Susan has this lamp shade to repair and here is her thoughts--knitted lace panels for each section or one large lace piece that will fit around the shade--absolutely genius!

She had knitted this scarf and it wasn't totally symmetrical so she was trying to figure out why--even though she had weighed her yarns.  My thought--colored yarns weigh more due to the dyes--do you agree?  

And now, we look at Penny's cowl she is knitting in linen stitch--how neat is this color combination!  A solid gold with variegated--soon we'll see the finished project.

Oh yes, we don't always have some weaving to discuss but our hands and minds are busy with other interlacement tecniques.