{"id":10342,"date":"2011-09-14T05:21:57","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T12:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=10342"},"modified":"2016-11-17T10:18:23","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T17:18:23","slug":"various-sundry-2011-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/various-sundry-2011-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Various & Sundry 2011 #17"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was so thrilled at the response I received to my last Various & Sundry post<\/a> that I am excited to start this one. I really appreciate the comments you leave and I do read all of them. One person didn’t agree with me on some points and I appreciated hearing her viewpoints, especially since she disagreed nicely and didn’t imply that I am an idiot! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Attack<\/a>
Attack of the Hexies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Attack of the Hexies is still going strong, though I think people are silently sewing them together. Sew Excited posted some tips<\/a> on her blog that I thought were useful, especially for people who don’t sew in blobs, but like to sew in rows.<\/p>\n

Pam over at Hip to be a Square podcast also posted about working on her hexagons. I thought about working on my hexagon piece over the weekend, but was derailed by the Food Quilt. She said she will win the race. I didn’t know there was a race, but I am already ahead.<\/p>\n

Tools<\/strong>
\nJanome came out with a new machine<\/a> over the weekend, The Horizon Memory Craft 12000. I would love to get one of those in the mail, kind of like the review books I sometimes receive, so that I could review it. I don’t think the machine actually hit the stores until October 1 and I didn’t pay attention to the launch party on Saturday, so I don’t know all the features and details. It looks like a hybrid between the Memory Craft 11K<\/a> and the Horizon. I always thought I would buy another Janome for a lot of reasons, but after my recent servicing drama, I am not so sure. I have to be fair, though. I don’t know how much of the issues were the age of the machine vs. technician error. Buying a new machine isn’t in my future for at least the next 8 years, so the point is moot. It will be interesting to see what machines are available in the next 8-9 years!<\/p>\n

Adrianne, over at Little Bluebell has posted a great post<\/a> on color palette<\/em> tools. While some of the tools are quite sophisticated and require special software, most are readily available to you on the web. Check out her post and expand your color horizons!<\/p>\n

Media<\/strong>
\nJennifer Ackerman-Haywood, Craftsanity<\/a> interview maven gets interviewed n Petit Purls blog. Check out the post<\/a>. I love the weaving loom photo. The paper envelope\/book project<\/a> Jennifer has on the CraftSanity site has, as Anne Shirley would say, lots of scope for imagination.<\/p>\n

As if SeamedUp<\/a>, Creating the Hive<\/a> (slightly different) and My Sewing Circle weren’t enough, now we have Tomspoolery<\/a>! They have a pink and green brand and launched in beta on 9\/6. I read over the welcome message<\/a>, which I thought was well done. How is this crazy competition going to shake out?<\/p>\n

Other Artists<\/strong>
\nCamille Roskelley is part of the Moda County Fair blog hop. Her post<\/a> was on 9\/9. Her family has the most gorgeous skin! I love the colors of her blog. If she posted 5 times a day, I wouldn’t get tired of looking at the polka dot chair and the aqua she uses. Anyway, the post shows all the blocks she has made for the Farmer’s Wife Quilt-a-Long<\/a> and I love them. I want them. I don’t want to make them, but I want hers! I know I went back and forth<\/a> about making them. Blocks are always tempting for me, but I just can’t devote the time right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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