tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29863609829392346382024-03-14T00:17:24.396-03:00Sister of the BrushJennifer Scantlebury Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02172657760079159817noreply@blogger.comBlogger247125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2986360982939234638.post-85468310929766085902015-07-31T11:50:00.002-03:002015-07-31T11:50:54.318-03:00I do love a byline! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was fortunate to be asked by the lovely editor, Heather at <a href="https://quiltersconnection.ca/">Quilter's Connection Magazine</a> to write an article about the recent GMQG Retreat held in February 2015. Our retreat theme was based on the Japanese Festival of Broken Needles and this article gives you a inside and personal view of how and what our committee did with this theme. My article is in the Summer 2105 issue #24 and can be purchased directly from the website or found locally on the shelves of your local bookstore.</span><br />
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Jennifer Scantlebury Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02172657760079159817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2986360982939234638.post-40027360708573783812015-04-12T16:15:00.000-03:002015-04-12T18:58:14.406-03:00A Beautiful Scrap Quilt <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A scrap quilt truly shows how well fabrics "play" together and shows us that there are endless combinations that work, and that work well. I enjoy seeing the various colours and fabrics in a scrap quilt and as I progress with my stitching across the top, I study the fabrics and visualize future possible colour combinations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I especially enjoyed seeing the variety of fabrics Nancy used in this wonderful quilt - she has placed Christmas prints near kiddie prints, stripes next to florals, novelty prints close to Christmas prints...a huge selection of fabric themes with simply festive results. Her solid red border pulls it all together and a thick poly batt helps create a soft, cuddly quilt ready to brighten up any room. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used a simple stitch pattern to create a secondary design within the main body of the quilt. I quilted the outer borders with what I call my "fake" feathers, a quick feathery stitch that carries your eye around the quilt.</span></div>
Jennifer Scantlebury Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02172657760079159817noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2986360982939234638.post-73986250467070487872015-04-02T23:23:00.003-03:002015-04-02T23:23:53.911-03:00Threads <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I spent a portion of my day unfolding each and every quilt top and backing I have to quilt and matching them to the thread I have, or to the thread I needed to order. I need full morning sun to be comfortable in my thread choices and today was one of those wonderful sunny days that filled that need. Eventually I finally pared the number of spools I was ordering down to an monetary amount I could cope with and sent the order. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can't be the only one who gets discouraged with the US exchange these days. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After all that decision making, I went for a run and I haven't decided if that was more discouraging than the price I had to pay for the thread..I started out thinking I would run 5 km and feeling good at the 2 mark decided I would go 10, then at 3 decided maybe 8 and then at 5.5 realized I was finished. Hah. Anyway. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There have been a flow of quilts coming and going and I haven't been keeping up with posting photos here. Eventually I will share some of them, but right now I have to keep working at finishing up pieces needed for upcoming shows and presentations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And if you were interested in seeing more photos from the retreat, like the card says, check <a href="http://gmqg.com/PhotoGallery.html">Greater Moncton Quilt Guild Retreat 2015 Photo Gallery</a> and look under <i>Retreat 2015.</i></span></div>
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Jennifer Scantlebury Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02172657760079159817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2986360982939234638.post-18321352448642426572015-03-13T11:50:00.002-03:002015-03-13T11:50:37.763-03:00Marie's Christmas Quilt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My friend, Marie asked me to quilt this lovely Christmas themed quilt for her as she works on completing a number of her unfinished projects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Like many quilters, Marie is involved in so many different projects that I sometimes wonder how she gets done what she does and although retired now, she still remains active in many charitable groups. While working as a nurse, she led a campaign to have quilts on every bed in the oncology unit at the George Dumont Hospital here in Moncton. She orchestrated all stages of completion of these quilts and she even looked after the necessary washing and mending that came with strenuous use. The small part I played in this project was to create hand lettered labels for each of the quilts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I dedicated today to editing photos. What a job. It's actually something I generally enjoy, but I found this to be a mind bending experience. As I sorted and edited, I was adding and subtracting from three "albums" as I chose which photos would be used for what purpose. It was a long, eye twitching process but fortunately I was fuelled by a lovely tropical flavoured smoothie and medjool dates. Oh, and an egg. There is an egg in almost every one of my days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I tried to remind myself to get up and move at intervals, but wasn't terribly successful until some hours into my task. Actually it was my daughter's text during her lunch break at work that embarrassed me sufficiently to make that first move and to go change out of my pj's. And rebel that I am, I simply moved up the wardrobe chain to yoga pants and a hoodie, all somehow more presentable than fleece jammies. Well, sort of. And no, I don't "do" yoga, but yes, like everyone else, I wear the pants. And at this time of year, in layers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's still stinking cold here in New Brunswick. The snow is not disappearing and the small amount that has melted is forming a layer of ice anywhere the snow isn't. Our walkway is a skating rink. I still recall with great clarity the winter I slipped on our cement steps and landed on an already damaged tailbone. I was much younger and put on a brave face for my kids, but it sure hurt for a very long time. I am not looking to repeat that performance so I take great pains to walk around the ice. That takes me into the 6 foot cliffs of snow lining the walk. It is simpler to just not go out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is not an easy task being a Maritimer in March.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We open the doors to our weekend retreat on Friday at noon and close up shop at noon on Sunday. What happens between these hours is pretty amazing whether you are considering what the collective group manages to produce, or whether you are considering the sheer dynamics of 40 women talking, laughing, joking, eating, and drinking, with a few tears mixed in, some from joy and a few less joyful, but all therapeutic none the less. </span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We contacted sponsors, both local and online and were absolutely astounded by the support we received. In addition to the small budget we had from our retreat fees, we raised funds by selling tickets on a basket of quilting goodies. Combining what we raised and what was donated, we were able to provide each of our participants with a wonderful goody bag and a door prize! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The last two years we have included a banquet on Saturday evening as part of the price of admission. This year after the meal, we also held a small ceremony conducted by our own Geisha who gave us much food for thought with her reading of Emily Dickinson's poem, "Don't Put Up My Needle and Thread". She invited each of us to consider the importance of these simple tools as we placed our broken needles and pins in a bed of tofu, just as they do in Japan. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Afterwards we invited everyone to come and have their photos taken in the photo booth we had set up, complete with costumes and props. To say we laughed is an understatement! What a wonderful group of women! Everyone participated and we have some gems of photos as they shared this fun activity with their quilting friends. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You might guess I am weary now. I had a full three weeks with a week long trip to Toronto, a three day seminar here, and then this retreat. Today I stayed in bed a bit longer, wore my fleece pyjamas longer than I stayed in bed and I enjoyed endless cups of coffee while I readjusted to the inside of my house. </span></div>
Jennifer Scantlebury Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02172657760079159817noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2986360982939234638.post-71887873742804533972015-02-16T23:46:00.000-04:002015-02-16T23:46:03.930-04:00Chocolate River Comfort Quilt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I belong to two traditional guilds. One of these quilts meets every second week during the day and the meetings are working based. Most members bring their sewing machines while others focus on cutting fabrics, or on hand work. Everyone brings their lunch and there is a short business meeting while we eat. I am discovering I like this format and although I am not keen to drag my machine most days, or perhaps just while it is winter, I organize something simple to work on beforehand and enjoy spending some time catching up with my quilting friends. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This group has decided to create one quilt each year for charity and this year the finished quilt is to be donated to the local women's shelter in memory of Ree Defina who should have been joining the group this year, but who passed last August.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Two members, both close friends of Ree, organized the making of the top and members pieced the blocks at one of our meetings. The top was sewn together and I volunteered to quilt it. I kept the quilting simple because we all know that many hands make light work and I have learned the best way to enhance multiple sewers is to use a simple quilting design. I used my favourite Glide thread with a 20/80 batt. The colours chosen for the quilt were Ree's favourites and the finished quilt has been donated and is hopefully bringing comfort where needed.</span><br />
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Jennifer Scantlebury Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02172657760079159817noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2986360982939234638.post-64784027749956959292015-02-14T06:35:00.003-04:002015-02-14T06:35:42.741-04:00Simple Knitting<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am not in the upper echelons of knitters when it comes to executing patterns and textures. However, I find the act of knitting a relatively relaxing pastime and I enjoy making what I consider utilitarian items for my family. I knit socks and have a rotation as to who receives the next pair. They all seem to like wearing what I produce, so I keep at it. Besides, I have a hard time sitting still for long and knitting the same pattern repeatedly keeps me from fidgeting. A recent trip resulted in 1.5 socks..a few hours here and there will finish those up. Then I will cast on the next pair for when I need to keep my hands busy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This Christmas I wanted to knit a little joke for my daughter. She is a curler and is always telling me how cold she is in the rink. Since I do not have it in me to knit a lovely Mary Maxim seater (remember those? a bulky cardigan with curling motifs?), I knit her a wool hat. And I added some buttons for curling stones...just to be cute. She has my permission to remove the buttons..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She posed for me, we both ended up crying from laughing so hard, and we took a great series of photos of her wearing her hat. This however, if what you get to see...the top of the silly hat. She did wear it once and her curling mates laughed and suggested it could have been worse. There is a pattern circulating that looks just like a curling stone, handle and all. I am sure Simone is grateful that I don't do patterns well!</span><br />
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Jennifer Scantlebury Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02172657760079159817noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2986360982939234638.post-78239960900489383922015-01-27T10:10:00.000-04:002015-01-27T10:10:25.001-04:00The Calm Before the Storm - Shediac, New Brunswick<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whenever snow, storms, blizzards are coming our way, the media is all over it. Conversations are dominated by the topic of what is expected. Comparisons are made to storms of the past and predictions are made for the one coming.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Right now the first blizzard of 2015 is brewing outside my windows. At 8 am, the air was still, no snow fell. Within a half hour the view out my living room window had changed considerably. The snow had begun and the wind had picked up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have electric heat, so the most that can be done to prepare is to run off some extra water and bring in the camp stove. I don't react well to a loss of power, but a cup of hot tea or coffee can go along way to a better attitude. After all these years together, my husband knows this well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our antidote to an impending storm is to head to the beach. Saturday was spent exploring the sands and wharf of the Shediac - Pointe du Chene area. As always, I took my camera and my husband exhibited extreme patience as I stopped and clicked and oohed and oohed more. He carried driftwood and feathers after my pockets were full and helped me push huge chucks of ice into the current and we watched as they floated and crashed and broke up into smaller pieces.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We met some other like minded folk walking and biking and even had a gentleman in an ultra lite fly just over our heads and wave! My photos don’t convey it well, so you will have to believe me that by times the sun was glorious. </span></div>
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Jennifer Scantlebury Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02172657760079159817noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2986360982939234638.post-62744696264960108452015-01-21T23:01:00.002-04:002015-01-21T23:01:59.438-04:00Tyvek Experiments<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I received some lovely gifts at Christmas and some came in tyvek envelopes!! Sometimes you just can’t think about something too much - you just need to gather up the materials and give it a try. That is how it came about that I spent a lovely hour or so playing with tyvek, some fabric paint, a teflon sheet, an iron and a heat gun.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Trying this out wasn’t my intention; I seem to recall that I was looking for something totally unrelated when I saw the envelopes and something in my head clicked. Whatever it was, I gathered everything up, laid it out on top of the other bits and pieces I was working on and I found myself painting and heating tyvek. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Everything I have read or seen about this process tells you to work in a well ventilated area. Disclosure - I didn’t and I didn’t use a mask. Bad of me, I know. I tend to be slack about this type of thing, <i>but</i> I do encourage everyone else to take the necessary precautions. I figure after lettering signs with lead based paints and silk screening for years with little or no ventilation...and besides, it was just two envelopes and I didn’t breath deeply.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lots of fun to be had playing with this technique! And you don’t need to use fabric paints - any old acrylic paint will do apparently. I can see beads and such intertwined with the pieces I have created. There will probably be some bits of over painting, too, and maybe some fibre bits added. Right now I have some of these laid out with a couple of the pieces I sun printed this summer and I am thinking there are possibilities..</span></div>
Jennifer Scantlebury Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02172657760079159817noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2986360982939234638.post-18563035652850609902015-01-16T22:17:00.000-04:002015-01-16T22:17:24.707-04:00Full Disclosure<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are two views of my dining room. Kind of a before and after..haha I was hosting a planning meeting so had to tidy up this first shot so we could sit at the table. Not even a half hour after everyone had left, the room looked like the second photo. And it isn’t the only room I work in..My excuse? I am working on some techniques and surface treatments as I create fabric for some designs I have going on. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am part of the organizing committee for one of my guild’s annual retreats, so there is a pile of materials and props and goodies accumulating in another room upstairs. It is sharing space with the Christmas things I still haven’t sorted and stored again for this year. Maybe I should get to that..</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My long arm takes up the back half of our living room, cuddled in next to our treadmill and my beloved spin bike.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have a room full of fabric, materials and tools downstairs..</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I try to contain everything, but I tend to spill over and over into the other spaces in the house. I prefer to work in natural light and when I can’t work on either of my decks (boo! winter), the dining room is perfect for sewing and painting, catching sun from the east, south and west. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How lucky am I that I am married to a very understanding man. He is used to dirty paint pots and brushes lying by the kitchen sick, dye tubs and rags sitting on the washer, bundles of knitting projects scattered here and there, rug hooking that sits in the living room, plus all that other clutter that comes with me. And he cooks..</span></div>
Jennifer Scantlebury Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02172657760079159817noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2986360982939234638.post-73808829145692867342015-01-12T11:04:00.001-04:002015-01-12T11:04:17.863-04:00Cabin Life and Pickle Quilts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have to be honest, sometimes by the time I complete posts for the SAQA Atlantic blog where I share moderating duties, I am blogged out. I am transitioning to a new computer as well and the aging MacBook I use for all my photo work takes soooooo long some days when I am trying to edit, watermark and post photos, that I feel like a 4 year old about to throw a tantrum. I usually end of sliding down in my rolly chair (highly technical term for an office chair, but around here, we know of what I speak), throwing back my head and doing a grotesque version of jazz hands...It isn't pretty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I believe I have written at least a dozen posts for my own blog over the last 3 weeks...apparently all in my head and never committed to the blog. I realized that now as I completed a post for <a href="http://saqaatlanticcanada.blogspot.ca/">SAQA Atlantic</a>. Wow. Reality check here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I could say I have been busy. Which I have been. But after an interesting conversation with my son over Christmas where he detailed his reaction to people who tell him they are busy, well, I hesitate to say that. He pointed out that as an opener, saying you are busy is the best way to stop interaction. If you are that busy, well you had best get back to what is keeping you that way. I am still pondering if that is a "big city" way of thinking as opposed to the more relaxed east coast mentality. But, best to not take chances..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, I will just show you a couple of lovely quilts by my friend, Giselle, who made these for her very talented daughters as Christmas gifts. She requested straight lines and simple quilting, so I did my best to oblige. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This one her daughter, a photographer, dubbed her "Pickle" quilt. It is pieced with Kona Cottons.</span><br />
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The second for her daughter, a chef, and is called <a href="http://www.connectingthreads.com/patterns/Cabin_Life_Quilt_Pattern_Download__D991559.html">Cabin Life</a>. This is a free download from Connecting Threads and Giselle pieced hers from their beautiful flannels. Giselle provided 80/20 cotton batting and as always, I used my favorite Glide threads top and bobbin. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jennifer Scantlebury Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02172657760079159817noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2986360982939234638.post-72370080827902153792014-12-29T08:58:00.001-04:002014-12-29T08:58:36.736-04:00Moving Forward<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A new year generally feels like it offers a person a fresh start. Time to get your ducks in a row, begin new projects, focus on moving forward. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I live in organized clutter. I try to maintain a feeling of everything being where it should, but a creative lifestyle doesn't always allow for "a place for everything and everything in its' place". And being involved in a variety of activities means that sometimes things that should go one place end up being placed elsewhere. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The room I store my materials and supplies in has been a dumping ground for too long this fall. There is now only a very narrow path that leads to our freezer and I get anxious every time I go in the room. If I can't put my hand on what I am looking for, then there is a problem. As well, there is also a cubby hole under our eaves that has been a storage area for a number of years and it really needs to be addressed. That means cleared, cleaned and purged..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't know about you, but once something really gets my attention, then I have to address it. Moving forward creatively just isn't going to happen until I deal with these areas. In order for me to work most effectively, I have to get things organized. My ducks don't need to be labelled, but they do need to be in a reasonably straight line.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think I have my work cut out for me next week.</span></div>
Jennifer Scantlebury Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02172657760079159817noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2986360982939234638.post-88329774678897337222014-12-06T23:16:00.003-04:002014-12-06T23:16:45.235-04:00Superwoman in Training<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I redeemed myself the next day. I started early, stayed focused and didn’t give up until the quilt was done. I was tired at the end of the day as I finished sewed the binding on by hand, but I was pleased with my results and felt back on track. Well, not completely on track, that might be asking too much, but it was another project checked off my list.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We were hit with freezing rain on Wednesday and our road was not passable until after 2 pm, so my plans for the day were put on hold. Ah well, staying home gave me the incentive, as well as the time, to piece and quilt and sew.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has been carried by friends to Halifax and tomorrow it will travel a little further to be delivered to its new owner.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s a surprise gift for someone who has been generous and loving and treated my daughter like one of her own.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Like most of my projects, I seem to think I am going to be able to make exactly what I want with limited amounts of fabric. (Do I really have to wait until Christmas Day to open that 3D printer, Santa??) As it turned out, I had to get creative with what I had and the result was a bit smaller quilt than I originally planned. But, at 48 x 68 it is still a lovely size for keeping cosy and the minky (from Marden’s!) will add to that warmth factor.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Interestingly, in this rather small project, I used fabrics from <a href="http://www.sew-sisters.com/">Sew Sisters</a>, <a href="http://www.hamelsfabrics.com/">Hamels</a>,<a href="http://www.mardens.com/"> Mardens</a>, <a href="http://www.mardens.com/">Avonport Discount</a> and thread from Barbados and New Maryland! Cotton top, poly batt, minky back, <a href="http://www.bobbincentral.com/quilting/top-thread/glide.html">Glide</a> Thread and my free wheeling on the needle.</span><br />
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Jennifer Scantlebury Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02172657760079159817noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2986360982939234638.post-57252767493143238362014-12-02T23:34:00.001-04:002014-12-02T23:34:12.591-04:00I am not superwoman.....damn<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The problem usually begins when I forget that I do not have super powers. And no matter if I am reminded of that by the end of the day, by the time I wake up the next morning and my feet hit the floor, I have forgotten that lesson learned. It is like there is a reset button in my head. Even if I start to hear little whisperings of self doubts, I brush them aside and carry on as if I will finish every project within the unrealistic time frame I have established for myself. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also often forget that I am not the most zealous traditional quilter. Or, rather, piecer. After I put together one block, I am looking over my shoulder for that 3D printer so I can whip out the rest of the blocks I need and get that top pieced! Note to self - write impassioned letter to Santa asking for 3D printer. I can print off extra arms for myself, too, right?? And fabric? I have lots of uses for one of those babies!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was so, so optimistic this morning..I was sure the top would be pieced, I would be quilting by mid afternoon and then tomorrow I would sew the binding on.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The reality? Well, my husband called at 3:50 pm. It went something like this:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rej: How’s your day? </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Me: What! What time is it?? I thought it wasn’t even 3 o’clock yet!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rej: Yeah, well it’s almost 4. Did you run today?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Me: Run!! I am still in my pyjamas! Did I eat lunch?? What time did you say it is??</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rej: (who is used to my rants and talking to myself) Ok, I will be home by 4:30. It’s cold out so dress warm..</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Our deal is, if neither of us has run or biked that day, we walk. So, walk it was.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You might be surprised to learn I even thought I would work on a second project today, “in my spare minutes”..Unbelievable.</span><br />
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Jennifer Scantlebury Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02172657760079159817noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2986360982939234638.post-49002879025799633592014-11-19T20:20:00.002-04:002014-11-19T20:20:22.384-04:00Follow my blog with Bloglovin<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apparently I have never officially “claimed" my blog on Bloglovin so without further adieu, I am now!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tonight I am apparently strapped for technical abilities, so hopefully I have meet the requirements and finally got this correct.</span><br />
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Jennifer Scantlebury Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02172657760079159817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2986360982939234638.post-75702803737970634012014-11-18T08:56:00.003-04:002014-11-18T12:23:46.409-04:00Sew Sister Blogathon Canada 2014 hits the Atlantic!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome Blogathon readers!! This week Sew Sisters is celebrating Canadian quilters!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week is the third <a href="http://sewsisters.blogspot.ca/2014/11/blogathon-canada-is-on.html">Blogathon Canada</a> sponsored by <a href="http://sewsisters.blogspot.ca/p/about-sew-sisters-quilt-shop.html">Sew Sisters</a>, a brick and mortar quilt shop located in Toronto, Ontario. I have ordered fabric online from Sew Sisters and found them to be very prompt and efficient. I really enjoy how they wrap all fabric securely in plastic before they box it up to mail. It is great service because this is how Canada Post handles parcels being delivered to me: if it is raining or snowing, parcels are left it in the middle of my driveway and if the sun is shining, parcels are bent and folded and shoved into the mailbox..Fortunately fabric is forgiving!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are two Maritime hosts today, and both happen to be Linda's! There is Nova Scotia's Linda at <a href="http://bumbleknit.blogspot.ca/2014/11/its-atlantic-canada-day-on-blogathon.html">Scrapmaster</a> and New Brunswick's Linda at<a href="http://linda-hubbard.blogspot.ca/2014/11/welcome-to-blogathon-canada-day-2-in.html"> Stitch Lines</a>. Check both of Linda’s blogs out for lots more East Coast bloggers and be sure to comment on both their posts - Sew Sisters has generously provided some great prizes! Thanks Sew Sisters!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I refer to myself as a "person of fibre"..I love it in its many forms and love working with it any way I can. I quilt, I paint fabric, I surface dye it, I have sewn lots and lots of clothing and household items over the years, I have built costumes for the stage, I can weave and felt, I knit, I can crochet. Breathing does become an issue around sheep (and horses, too, but that's irrelevant here) so I sold my spinning wheel early on in my weaving/spinning career.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As well, I am a sign painter. Hence the name of my blog, Sister of the brush. Sign painting tended to be a predominately male occupation for many years and when I studied at George Brown College (yes, there are legitimate sign writing courses...), we were told the secret to running a successful business was a supportive wife. A wife. No, they never said, supportive husband, spouse, partner, it was wife..Well, that left me and other females in our class high and dry, so it was there and then that we dubbed ourselves, Sisters of the Brush and swore to be our own support system!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I still love wielding a brush. And I incorporate paint and fabric all the time. Painting fabric is soooo much fun! I especially like low immersion dyeing, discharging, sun printing and soy batik and combinations of all techniques!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am also a longarm quilter. I use pantographs to quilt edge to edge designs, but especially enjoy quilting my own designs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for visiting and welcome as always to my regular audience! I appreciate you taking the time to see what I am up to, what I am currently ranting about or seeing what photos I am sharing. Please continue to comment and if you have any issues doing so, please email me. My address is available via my profile which can be found on my sidebar.</span></div>
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Jennifer Scantlebury Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02172657760079159817noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2986360982939234638.post-68300969869692900352014-11-16T20:08:00.002-04:002014-11-16T20:08:22.635-04:00Beadwork Complete!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I finished beading the <a href="http://sisterofthebrush.blogspot.ca/2014/09/participating-in-hope-and-survival.html">sheets</a> I received from Laurie Swim and have mailed them back to her. It was a great thing to occupy my hands while watching a few movies.</span><br />
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Jennifer Scantlebury Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02172657760079159817noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2986360982939234638.post-53521899562450059152014-11-06T23:16:00.001-04:002014-11-06T23:16:55.568-04:00Marie’s Beautiful Batik Quilt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know that Marie likes stippling designs and pantographs, so for this quilt of hers, I decided to try a pantograph I had ordered and never used. Actually, I broke down and ordered 5 pantographs last winter and this is the first one to make it out of the wrapper. I decided it was time to give it a try!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The design is called <a href="http://thequiltedrose.danemcoweb.com/shop/product/feather-breeze/">Feather Breeze</a> and is by Lisa Thiessen of Threadsongs. I chose to buy it because it is a lovely, flowing design and I chose it for Marie’s top because it would enhance the simple, striking pattern she had chosen to piece. I used a variegated thread on the top thread and a solid orange hue in the bobbin.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The quilt is for Marie’s sister and her sister chose the backing herself. I think Marie was a bit surprised by her choice of this bright, vibrant fabric, but we agreed it suits the quilt quite well!</span><br />
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Jennifer Scantlebury Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02172657760079159817noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2986360982939234638.post-30353730886865844432014-11-03T20:19:00.000-04:002014-11-03T20:19:04.290-04:00First Snow and My Frozen Tears<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don’t take well to having any kind of a schedule on Mondays. Even when I worked full time, I would prefer to work longer hours the other days of the week so that I would have Mondays for me.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This morning I had to attend a meeting at 10 am and as my husband got ready for work, I lay in bed, bemoaning the fact that I had to get up and that not only did I have to leave the house, but also that I couldn’t attend the meeting in my pyjamas..My whining started before I even had my glasses on and when I caught on that he was ignoring me and my rant, I asked him what kind of day it was out there. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When he replied that it was a white world, I sat bolt upright in bed and if I recall correctly, I screamed, “WHAT!” With a flourish he whipped the curtain back so I could see for myself and I know tears pooled in my eyes..</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am not a huge fan of cold weather. Or snow. Or ice. I don’t like driving in it, I don’t like other people travelling in it. I don’t like being cold and I always am. Case in point, I am currently wearing a hoodie (with the hood up) and have a heated magic bag in my lap. My husband says it is obviously the season of gnomes because when I am home I tend to look like one as I transition from summer’s bare legs and feet, to multi layer coverage. He is used to me wearing a toque at mealtime, along with a selection of scarfs round my neck. He is also aware that I own three magic bags that sometimes can be seen peeking from inside one of my layers when I am really chilly. Meanwhile he is in short sleeves and bare feet.....</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My mother told me that I wasn’t always cold. When I was 13 and a Girl Guide, I was part of a group of three Guides who chose to work on receiving Outdoor Winter Camping Badges, a spanking brand new badge offered. Well. The night we built our lean to (back in the days when you could actually cut tree branches and build outdoor fires), dug our outdoor latrine and cooked our supper in a snow bank just happened to be the coldest night recorded that winter. It was -54 degrees with the wind chill. I have a very vivid memory of lying in my sleeping bag with its frozen zipper on top of a layer of spruce boughs and an icy tarp and staring longingly through the trees to the brightly lit windows of the farmhouse where our leaders were nice and cosy.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, we all hung in there, had lots of fun, made some crazy wild memories and were the first three Guides in Canada to receive our badges. I came home with my waist length hair full of huge hunks of ice that mom spent hours on melting and combing out. And I came home with a chill that I have never been able to shake. Well, except for when I was pregnant with my son. But, that is another story for another time..</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Totally unrelated to my winding tale, but because every post deserves a photo, here are two baby quilts that I quilted for Florine. These sweet little quilts have found they way to brand new babies in Edmonton. Hopefully these new little folk will be kept nice and warm in these adorable and colorful quilts.</span><br />
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Jennifer Scantlebury Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02172657760079159817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2986360982939234638.post-23206727560058734522014-10-26T18:59:00.001-03:002014-10-26T18:59:13.788-03:00A Client’s Appliqued Quilt with Scallop Border<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Jennifer Scantlebury Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02172657760079159817noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2986360982939234638.post-83004052022376573292014-10-22T17:04:00.000-03:002014-10-22T17:04:07.305-03:00A Log Cabin for a Graduation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am very grateful to the members of my local quilt guilds who trust me to quilt their tops and help finish their projects. Almost every client tells me to quilt as I see fit, use the thread colors I think best and have fun! And although I realize full well the responsibility that comes with that, well, what a lot of fun that is for me! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sharon has trusted me with a number of quilts and this log cabin made of Moda prints is a recent project of hers. She provided me with an 80/20 cotton batting and I used my favorite Glide thread for both top and bobbin. I quilted a free style scallop shell in the center, added some loops in the middle border and the quilted bead board on the outer border. I think the quilt turned out very nice and I bet the lucky recipient is very happy with her new quilt, a graduation present.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rejean and I have tramped or biked pretty much every trail in the Moncton and immediate area. We always try to find something appealing or attractive about each one we go on, though to be honest, some of these trails are more utilitarian than beautiful. It really does depend on the time of year you visit them, I find. Some just don’t shine in the heat of summer and some do. Some are more attractive in fall when the leaves and grasses change color and the contrast of the blue sky enhances the golds, oranges and reds.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Such is the <a href="http://www.moncton.ca/Assets/Residents+English/Park+Map+Conditions/sentierhumphreysbrooktrail.pdf">Humphrey Brook Trail</a>, a 5 km walking, biking path that crosses a small section of the east end of Moncton. We have travelled it several times and yesterday, we walked to the end and back, an approximate 10 km trip. We actually didn’t see many people out on it, which surprised us since it was such a beautiful 19 degree day. The trail crosses behind several sub-divisions, and the city has added benches placed in several strategic spots as well as a much welcomed bathroom facility since we were last there. It does follow a lovely little brook and the area is in Phase Two of an environmental enhancement program as the city commits to providing green space and negotiable trails within city limits.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This summer I was able to quilt a few quilts for the Monday Marvels, a local quilting bee. These quilters donate their time to create quilts for several Moncton organizations and are often called upon to provide a comfort quilt when a need arises. They had a number of tops needing completion so since I purchased my longarm, I have tried to help them out by quilting some of these.</span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had a lot of fun working on these because they are quilted in my own overall motifs. I really enjoy being on the needle side of the machine and hand guiding it to create my designs. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I am hoping these two quilts find loving homes, and the new owners enjoy the softness and cuddly feel the extra loft poly batting helps create.</span><br />
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