tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141038798003003492024-03-05T21:42:47.885-05:00Quilting and CarvingTom Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463033824387830517noreply@blogger.comBlogger557125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914103879800300349.post-55693182467248726502014-05-23T08:11:00.001-04:002014-05-23T08:11:31.727-04:00Long Time No See!It's been too long since I've posted here. Especially too long between quilting projects. I have a project with the quilting group that I help with. One of our members is in the middle of a move from Ohio to Florida. We decided to make her a quilt with Ohio stars in her favorite color - purple. I was tapped to machine quilt the project.<br />
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On loading the top, batting, and back I discovered a problem that now has to be overcome. The back is the same size as the top....<br />
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I like the back to be larger than the top. It sure makes loading and lining up the layers easier.</div>
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Another problem I have encountered. The learning curve to load the layers and then actually adjust the machine to quilt is only surpassed by the lengthy forgetting and remembering curve....it's been a while since I've done this.....</div>
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Tom Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463033824387830517noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914103879800300349.post-82595708018626552002014-02-12T17:14:00.002-05:002014-02-12T17:14:34.236-05:00Leprechaun PinsFor the past several years I have whittled small Leprechaun pins, and traded them for beer. March 17 is St Patricks Day, and I've got a head start on the pins. I think I'd better quit! This is probably enough beer - maybe too much.<br />
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Tom Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463033824387830517noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914103879800300349.post-42738676321122950042014-01-27T11:30:00.000-05:002014-01-27T11:59:41.033-05:00Packing Up for Florida!On Friday we leave for two months in Florida, on the beach. This packing up is something else. Remember, this blog is QUILTING AND CARVING. The Long Arm quilter cannot be taken, but my carving stuff can be. I expect to carve four sets of animals for four Noah's Arks - for sure. I'll be doing lots of other carving and whittling too.<br />
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The main beauty of the beach is that one can truly relax and do what he or she wants to do. There's no unfinished projects that need your attention. In fact, the secret to a successful vacation is to limit the decisions you have to make. I plan on whittling, carving, reading, walking, and just about anything else that I want to do..</div>
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Tom Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463033824387830517noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914103879800300349.post-33133238109970715972014-01-14T17:29:00.000-05:002014-01-14T17:29:00.566-05:00Some Christmas 2013 Carvings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Tom Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463033824387830517noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914103879800300349.post-7760095582537302082013-12-26T20:15:00.002-05:002013-12-26T20:15:59.837-05:00Oh Goodie Lots!My quiltin daughter, Tracy has set out to make a whole bunch of mini quilts. Me, I have set out to whittle a whole bunch of Santa ornaments for Christmas 2014. Since I'm retired and can pick and choose my whittlin time; I've got a huge advantage of folks who have to work for a living. So I know I'll meet my goals. I start every day whittling (carve with only a knife) with my morning coffee. I whittle at least one Santa ornament or pin each day of the year.<br />
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Here's my daughters start:<br />
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The largest of these is about 16 x 16 inches.</div>
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Here's my start: Whittled on December 25th and 26th.</div>
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I'll end up with about 360 of these, each one different. Most of these whittlings will be finished natural or darkened a wee bit, but some will be painted.</div>
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Tom Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463033824387830517noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914103879800300349.post-51263876359089109652013-10-24T09:07:00.002-04:002013-10-24T09:07:33.975-04:00New class project starts!My maleness (not to mention my skills) will be tested today. I still co-teach a quilting class, and am the only male in it. We're doing a purse today. No, not a man bag, a real honest to goodness female purse. It will be quilted though. I just cut fabric, assemble squares, assemble squares into flat quilt tops, and quilt the flat piece. So, you see the challenge ahead for me. Today I am a student.<br />
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Tom Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463033824387830517noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914103879800300349.post-15297221758105019442013-09-23T13:56:00.000-04:002013-09-23T13:56:01.643-04:00Lesson #3290 - Bent needle!For a while I thought I was loosing it. Started putting the binding on a new quilt. I machine sew one side and use a blind stitch on the other. When it's done correctly one never sees the stitch. Well, everything started out fine. Good progress was being made. Then I couldn't sew a stitch without the needle going all the way through to the quilt top. I thought I'd had a stroke or something. Further checking, and I found that the needle was bent. This meant that sometimes as a made a stitch the needle was pointed up and sometimes down. When pointed down, the needle went too deep.....And the needle was not bent all that much....just a wee bit. New needle, no problem! Thus the 3290 lesson that I learned this year....Tom Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463033824387830517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914103879800300349.post-40117632940291411932013-09-20T19:25:00.000-04:002013-09-20T19:25:06.897-04:00Santa Is Coming!A sample of some whittlings for the Christmas season....<br />
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Tree ornaments, pins, and earrings.</div>
Tom Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463033824387830517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914103879800300349.post-82865122122916210622013-09-08T08:30:00.000-04:002013-09-08T08:30:30.658-04:00Quilt Class ActivitySome know that I help several others instruct a quilting class at the local Senior Center. Here's some samples that the class has completed in the last several months; and some that are in the process. I am sure that you can see that these ladies are quite talented quilters. In fact they have far out run my humble talents.<br />
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Blocks ready to assemble for a Christmas quilt.</div>
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Some blocks for a Halloween wall hanging.</div>
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Completed large quilt.</div>
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Detail of the machine quilting on the top of large quilt.</div>
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Detail of the quilting on the back of the large quilt.</div>
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Demonstration on proper method of assembling long strips of assembled blocks with sashing.</div>
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The Voyager 17 and the Hinterberg Stretch Frame are cleaned and reassembled. I've loaded and unloaded practice non quilted sandwiches, and adjusted the machine for a good machine quilting stitch. I've practiced and practiced operating the long arm. All the while, I've been assembling a twin quilt top to put on the long arm. The quilt top is done and assembled with batting and the back, on the frame. A new needle and full bobbin has been installed in the Voyager. I've consulted with an experienced long arm operator, for a list of swear words that are appropriate for quilting on a long arm machine system. I can't think of anything else - Let's give it a try!<br />
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Several hours later.....Long arm machine operating smoothly. After a minor upper tension adjustment (due to different batting) the machine quilting stitch is fine. It's working fine as long as the operator does what he is supposed to do. I need to work on remembering to lower the presser foot when operating.....I have a small sign that reads LOWER THE FOOT. I'll be making a larger sign....<br />
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<br />Tom Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463033824387830517noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914103879800300349.post-81711590453272864482013-08-24T16:26:00.000-04:002013-08-24T16:26:16.189-04:00The Sewing MachineJust sittin in the shop/quilt work area and assembling a queen size quilt. The individual blocks are all assembled, and I'm sewing them into the rows. Kind of a boring step, and my mind some times wanders. Some times when this happens, the blocks get sewed backwards, upside down, or inside out. But other times I can't help but marvel at what my little Singer Featherweight does. My Featherweight is an older model, and I sometimes can't help but think of the original owner using it. Sooner or later I think about a time before the sewing machine was invented. When you stop and think about it, the sewing machine hasn't been around all that long. Think about clothes 220 years ago. Hand made. "Hand made" then meant needle and thread. Fifty years ago I remember asking my grandmother what invention meant the most to her in her life. Without thinking about it she said the sewing machine, the electric sewing machine. Tom Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463033824387830517noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914103879800300349.post-62457328182469990432013-08-17T10:26:00.000-04:002013-08-17T10:26:37.851-04:00Multi Functional Space!My wood shop has now been downsized to eliminate space for any cabinet making. Long arm quilter is now taking that space. I still have some stuff to eliminate but I am already "multi tasking". Currently I am switching back and forth between sewing squares for a large quilt, practicing machine quilting on the long arm quilter, wood carving, and painting the carvings.<br />
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One observation worth sharing is that the language one may use when accidentally cutting the nose off a carving, and when quilting squares do not match up is virtually the same.<br />
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Tom Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463033824387830517noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914103879800300349.post-44606605802766964092013-08-06T17:31:00.000-04:002013-08-06T17:31:12.923-04:00Whittling vs QuiltingI enjoy quilting and whittling equally. However, there are some HUGE differences. Take set-up time! If I want to do some machine/long arm quilting I have to have the quilt nearly done, and on the frame. This is fine if you have a quilt ready to put on the machine. Well, it is and it isn't. It takes some time to load the long arm with the quilt top, batting, and back. But when whittling, just grab a piece of wood and your pocket knife. My pieces of wood have been cut into shape on the scroll saw, and are usually in my pocket with my pocket knife. I think you get my drift.....<br />
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Tom Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463033824387830517noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914103879800300349.post-39143789727094588052013-07-30T19:28:00.001-04:002013-07-30T19:28:33.740-04:00Quilting Class DisplayI am fortunate to be one of the instructors of a quilting class at the local Senior Center. Several years ago the class started as a beginner class. The class members had all at one time or the other used a sewing machine, but the actual quilting was new to most. The class is still together since they all get along so well, and they put up with me. Most have advanced well beyond my best efforts. This is a display of the classes work over and beyond quilts. We still make regular sizes of quilts, but for the display cabinets, the smaller projects were selected.<br />
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Tom Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463033824387830517noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914103879800300349.post-32342980823023926262013-07-22T15:59:00.002-04:002013-07-22T15:59:29.441-04:00Intervention Dream!This is too funny not to post. You all now know why I haven't posted any thing lately. I am in the process of kind of converting my wood shop into a quilting studio. with a long arm quilter as the main feature. This morning my wife told me that she had a dream about my wood shop last night. In her dream all of my buddies had stopped by and staged an intervention, to convince me not to convert the wood shop to a quilting studio. She went on to say that her only concern was, what was she going to feed them all. I asked her if my buddies were successful. She replied, "I don't know, I woke up."<br />
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I am, however putting together a step-by-step on whittling a pair of Christmas earrings....This will be up soon.Tom Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463033824387830517noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914103879800300349.post-42301501490446275172013-07-20T16:57:00.001-04:002013-07-20T16:57:35.252-04:00Voyager 17 Quilting stitchesThose who have set up, adjusted, and used a long arm quilting machine will understand when I say that I am happy to achieve this much on this machine. This longarm quilter has been in storage in a garage for a number of years. The parts were not covered and various spiders and rodents regularly visited. And as I remember, it was always a tempermental machine. After cleaning, lubricating, reassembling, and adjusting the system it's operational. What remains is for me to spend lots of time practicing and getting to know this machine. Here's a sample of what I am so happy about. The print side is the top, and the plain side the bottom.<br />
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Tom Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463033824387830517noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914103879800300349.post-64852925881786222822013-07-17T19:33:00.002-04:002013-07-17T19:33:52.829-04:00First efforts!The first attempts at sewing a series of tests stitches, was a mixed bag. Everything seemed to work as well as I thought they would, until I looked at the back of the quilt. OK, maybe not so well. Then I noticed that the first stitches were fairly okay when moving up and down, but not okay when going side to side I replaced the needle, after it was suggested by Lisa, a member of the HINTERBERG QUILTERS Yahoo Group. This helped, however, I will check the rollers on the machine carriage to make sure they are well lubricated and in contact with the rails that the carriage ride on. <br />
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So far, the problems encountered seem solvable by me. However, many questions still need answered. Here's a few:<br />
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1. The needle seems to "stick" when coming up through the quilt.<br />
2. The back rail that through the sewing machine, and takes up the quilted quilt seems way to low to take up much quilt.<br />
3. The "tightness" of the stitches seems too loose.<br />
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Maybe I'll also get a book on brain surgery and give it a try.......Tom Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463033824387830517noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914103879800300349.post-57095250223500698962013-07-15T17:10:00.000-04:002013-07-15T17:10:03.874-04:00Maybe Tommorow!Loaded up a test quilt sandwich. This I will use to see what problems there might be that I must identify and over come. Then I'll adjust the machine. This activity will wait until after a good nights sleep. Being the pessimist that I am, I must be ready for some problems...<br />
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Tom Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463033824387830517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914103879800300349.post-52151750322743044722013-07-13T17:02:00.002-04:002013-07-13T17:02:59.515-04:00Long Arm Quilting System ReassembledAfter surviving disassembling, moving, and storage in a garage. and transport across the country; only a few bolts were missing. But it looks like it is supposed to look - I think. I've cleaned and oiled the machine, and tomorrow will clean the rails and wax the frame. Next will be the purchase of some batting, so I can "load" the system and begin to adjust the machine.<br />
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Tom Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463033824387830517noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914103879800300349.post-17311194937964590152013-07-13T11:35:00.002-04:002013-07-13T11:35:57.312-04:00Woodshop Nearly TransformedThis is the space where the long arm quilting system will be set up. I still have quite a bit of sorting and disposal to accomplish. But 20+ years of accumulating stuff is not all that easy to dispose off, in a few days.<br />
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Tom Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463033824387830517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914103879800300349.post-92135455231286683332013-07-08T08:50:00.003-04:002013-07-08T11:48:05.854-04:00Woodshop transition to Quilt StudioThis job has become more work than I thought it would be. You see, woodworkers are a lot like quilters. Both keep and build a stash of materials. The real difference is that wood and scraps of wood are dusty - very dusty. I knew I would have a hard time throwing out lots of stuff. I started by developing a strategy that involved giving my large dust collector system to a friend who has a large dump trailer. My idea was that without the dust collector system I would not start any wood projects, Plus, I could borrow the dump trailer to take stuff to the dump. Everything got off to a good start. However, there exists a predetermined order of what happens when one decides to clean and get rid of stuff. This is that order, as I have discovered:<br />
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5. The worse case scenario is that after lunch you begin to go through the throw away pile and return stuff to the keep pile.<br />
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<br />Tom Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463033824387830517noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914103879800300349.post-68628960993311611472013-06-28T15:03:00.001-04:002013-06-28T15:03:41.916-04:00More Fun To Come!Where the heck have I been? Traveling that's where. 5500 Miles on van in three weeks. Went to California to see granddaughter graduate from HS and visit. Brought back my daughters longarm system. The quilter is a VOYAGER 17 married to the HINTERBURG long frame. This system has all the bells and whistles. When my daughter moved she had the movers take the quilter apart and move it to storage. I brought it home and will reassemble the system, get it going and put it to use. I am still co-instructing a quilting class at the senior center, and plan to have the quilter available for the class members if they wish to quilt their work themselves. To accomplish this, I am cleaning out my wood shop and will transform it into a quilting "workshop".<br />
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Tom Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463033824387830517noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914103879800300349.post-5249381433604334082013-04-18T14:29:00.000-04:002013-04-18T14:29:01.081-04:00Veterans QuiltSome veterans at our local senior center organized an effort to recognize all veterans by designing and making a quilt. This quilt will be on display at the senior center. Any veteran or anyone wishing to honor a veteran could have a square in the quilt. A quilting class that I co-teach assembled and will finish this quilt. Both myself, co-instructors, and the class proud to be involved in this project.<br />
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Tom Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463033824387830517noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914103879800300349.post-71708397332006792092013-04-16T15:50:00.000-04:002013-04-16T16:26:51.481-04:00Chickens!Returned from Florida! Now must get motivated to get to work. Still with the quilting group at the local senior center, and carving too. Just not much lately. Here's some photos of the neighbor girls chickens. <br />
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The grave is for a "loyal" chicken who passed on. Chickens name was HI. Notice the Gnomes that are in mourning.....<br />
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