tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87702713370815551572024-03-13T14:09:22.591-04:00Made with Love and Ladybug HugsKathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950850901557220287noreply@blogger.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770271337081555157.post-50018310445845729122015-06-01T13:12:00.001-04:002015-06-01T13:12:26.822-04:00Simple baby quilt for Miss Ezri<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;">This simple quilt was Made with Love and Ladybug Hugs for Miss Ezri, the 2nd daughter of my sweet friend Rachel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">She was born in mid May and though I knew for several months she was on the way (and a girl), I wanted to wait until I knew her name (a secret until her birth day!) so I could add it onto the quilt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I used </span><a href="http://neverenoughhours.blogspot.com/2010/08/fat-quarter-baby-quilt-tutorial.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial;">this tutorial</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;">, which only requires 6 fat quarters (I used scrap yardage) plus backing and binding. The quilt was done within a few hours --- it took longer to quilt than to assemble.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">After assembling this, I regretted choosing the white fabric, so decided to make a buttefly for the large white square. I think it will be fun to play with once Ezri is old enough for tummy time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The back is Kona pink and I used my walking foot to quilt straight(ish), parallel(ish) diagonal lines across the entire quilt, except for the body of the butterfly and over her name.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">After shrinkage from washing, it measures 32"x40". It's small, but I think this is a great size not only for the crib, but also for a toddler to carry around as she grows. I love personalizing quilts for children with their name (especially when it's so unique and probably more difficult to find on store-bought items).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I will definitely use this pattern again, and it would be easily adaptable to a bigger size. The 6 fat quarters create 6 total rectangular blocks, so easy enough to adjust if you wanted something larger. This pattern is a great way to showcase large-scale prints, or to use plain fabrics and let your quilting shine.</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">~*~ May your day be full of Love and Ladybug Hugs ~*~</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">~ Kat ~</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm excited that this little quilt has been received by its new owner, the 2nd little granddaughter of a life-long friend. As you can probably guess, the baby's name is Aria.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was inspired by </span><a href="http://www.modabakeshop.com/2011/06/summer-squares-quilt.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this quilt</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> from Moda Bake Shop, but I did not use the pattern. I started with 6.5" squares and added Aria's name to the banner row. All the fabrics are from my stash and it was fun to use them, remembering all the original quilts they came from. Finished size is approzimately 36" x 54".</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">~*~ May your day be full of Love and Ladybug Hugs ~*~
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">~ Kat ~</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A while back I bought 2 packs of rainbow-colored charm squares from a seller on eBay. I love the colors and the listing said they were all dye cut. Howver, the "pinking" (zig zags) on the sides of the squares were so deep (1/4" in some cases) that I ended up cutting them all down from 5" to 4.5" before using them. Frustrating!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Anyway.... I took my inspiration for this quilt from <a href="http://www.leslieunfinished.com/2013/05/bloggers-quilt-festival-may-2013.html?m=1" target="_blank">this one</a> on Leslie Unfinished. I didn't have a true plan in mind, so I just made some 9-patch star blocks and added colorful blocks around it. I didn't think the quilt was big enough, so I ended up adding 1 more column to each side and 2 more rows each to the bottom and the top. (That's why the stars may not look "spread out" enough --- where they end was the original edges of the quilt.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made this quilt a while back, last fall, I think. It was made with a half jelly roll of striped rainbow fabrics and white-on-white stars print. I added some additional borders to make it a little bigger. It finishes at 42"x54" after washing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm listing this one in <a href="https://www.etsy.com/your/shops/LBHugs" target="_blank">my new Etsy shop</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">~ Kat ~</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last fall, my friend Danielle asked if I knew how to make a t-shirt quilt, and if I might be able to make one for her daughter as a high school graduation gift. I love when quilt deadlines are very far away -- I had close to 8 months so how could I say no?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Danielle's daughter is an athlete, she plays soccer, basketball and runs (among other things). Danielle mailed me a box of t-shirts that she had "borrowed" from Sarah's drawers without her knowing. As you can probably guess, her school colors are black and red.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All of the shirts were cotton except one. The red shirt with the white "2" on it was a tech shirt, but it worked out just fine and I didn't have to do anything differently on that block.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The back is black and the binding is red. I also made a quilt tag with red stitching on white fabric. I asked Danielle to write a "note" to Sarah in her own handwriting, then I stitched exactly that, making the quilt tag look like a hand written note from Mom & Dad. Of course I don't have a picture, but <a href="http://www.andladybughugs.blogspot.com/2012/03/tutorial-embroidered-quilt-tags.html" target="_blank">this is the method I used</a>. The only differences from my original post are that the words were hand written (vs printed on a computer) and I used tissue paper in place of regular paper. </span><br />
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Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950850901557220287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770271337081555157.post-69458337047759010732014-09-22T10:14:00.003-04:002014-09-22T10:14:25.111-04:00REMINDER: Around the World Blog Hop <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just a reminder to hop on over to see my friends Kim (</span><a href="http://www.brigantiadesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brigantia Designs)</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and Jean (</span><a href="http://jeanmckinstry.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All Points on the Compass</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">), as they take their turns on the Around the World Blog Hop!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First up is Kim, who lives in the UK. Kim has a way with HSTs like nothing you have ever seen. Perfect every time! Her love of them may be the only way that we are <em>not</em> exactly alike. And the bags she makes? Insanely beautiful. We have children of similar ages, we both run, we both love wine and bread and chocolate. I mean really, what more could you ask for in a friend? We often talk about getting together to sew or chat or run or eat and though I certainly wish she lived on my side of the Atlantic, I can imagine it might be dangerous for us to spend too much "real life" time together. The trouble I know we'd get into! Kim blogs over at <a href="http://www.brigantiadesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Brigantia Designs</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> so be sure to stop by and see her!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next up is Jean who writes over at <a href="http://jeanmckinstry.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">All Points on the Compass</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. She lives all the way in New Zeland and though I understand how geography and climate work, it still amazes me that she has snow when the place I live (South Florida) is in the dead of summer. Jean has so much spunk, I don't know how she does it. I "met" Jean when I was going through a pretty <a href="http://www.andladybughugs.blogspot.com/2012/10/need-some-ideas-can-you-help-me.html" target="_blank">dark time</a> and she was so kind to me with words and deeds that she will always hold a special place in my heart. You MUST see her photography. I aspire to someday have the eye and talent she has for capturing just THE most amazing pictures.</span></div>
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Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950850901557220287noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770271337081555157.post-23166936396725932002014-09-15T11:16:00.004-04:002014-09-15T13:13:40.835-04:00Around the World Blog Hop<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A big thank you to my sweet friend Nancy over at </span><a href="http://www.pugmomquilts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pug Mom Quilts</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> for inviting me to join the Around the World Blog Hop. This is my first every hop so I'm really excited to participate! This blog hop is like a giant chain letter that won't end until every Blogger on the planet has had a turn. How fun, don't you think?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">If you've never stopped by before, welcome! And if you have, thanks for coming back. Friends are always welcome around these parts -- both the ones I've known forever and the ones I've yet to meet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before I answer the questions, I have to tell you a little bit about Nancy. What a talented lady she is! She not only has ONE beautiful quilt for her bed, but she has enough to swap them out <em>monthly</em> and <em>still</em> not get through them all. (I may or may not be a wee bit jealous about this... but I love her so it's all good.) She is involved with many different quilt groups and swaps and no matter what she's making or who she's making it with, she always seems to be having a blast (and usually eating some chocolate --- a girl after my own heart)! Nancy is also mommy to 3 of the cutest little boys I've ever seen --- her little pugs Larry, Elvis and Romeo. You really need to swing by her blog to check out her beautiful work and her little sweethearts, too!</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">1. What am I working on?</span></strong><br />
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<em>I've made 12 sets of these in different colors and holiday prints. I'm adding a cute set of heart-shaped measuring spoons, which are left-over favors from my sister's bridal shower 4 years ago.</em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I'm very glad to be answering this question, actually, because it took me a long time to come to terms with it. I spend a lot of time reading other quilting / crafting blogs and wowsers! There are some incredibly talented people out there who make things more beautiful than I could ever imagine. Gorgeous fabrics, perfect seam allowances, fancy FMQ, drool-worthy photos. I admire each and every quilter I come across for one reason or another. But, seeing all the "perfect" stuff out there --- while inspiring --- is also incredibly intimidating. What I used to think was pretty nice stuff (that I made) paled in comparison to so many other beautiful things I saw in the blogosphere. And it was discouraging. I tried to replicate, emulate, duplicate, you name it, usually with little success. Then it finally hit me. <em>That's not me</em>. I don't always use designer name fabric, or the newest lines or the most recent patterns. Heaven knows my photography and photo editing skills pretty much stink. <em>But that's OK!!! </em>Don't get me wrong... from time to time I make something just because I like the fabric or want to try a new technique or pattern... but I'd say 90% of the things I make are made very specifically for the recipient. They're personalized --- either by color, fabric, pattern, hand stitched tags --- something that's very personal to the person who will receive it. <em>It's OK that not every stitch is perfect or that every seam is straight.</em> And honestly, the person's neighbor might hate it... but that's because it's <a href="http://www.andladybughugs.blogspot.com/p/ladybug-hugs.html" target="_blank">made with love and ladybug hugs</a> for the person who will receive it --- and it will be evident to that person that it was made <em>specifically</em> <em>for them and only for them</em>. I love beautiful quilts and bags and there are definitely times I want to make something solely to make something beautiful, but with limited time (a full time job, 2 kids, training for races, etc), I tend to stick to very "purposeful" items... and I'm OK with that. Here are a few photos of personalized items I've made:</span><br />
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<em>My dear friend Rita (on the left) gave me some dresses she had made for her daughters 35-40 years ago. She saved them all these years, in case she had a granddaughter one day. When the granddaughter came along, she realized the dresses were outdated and thought I could use the fabric for charity quilts. I cut up the dresses to make the hearts for this quilt (we have a shared love of hearts) and gave it back to her for Christmas. She loved it!</em></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">4. How does my writing / creating process work?</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">These questions seemed a bit similar so I decided to combine the answer. I think I'd definitely refer to my style as MUGA --- <strong>M</strong>aking it <strong>U</strong>p as I <strong>G</strong>o <strong>A</strong>long. Like I mentioned above, I usually start a project with a specific person or purpose in mind. I think about what that person might like (color, pattern, fabric, etc) then do some internet and stash searching for ideas. Once I find an idea I like, I try to determine the easiest way to make it (without a pattern) and just start cutting and sewing and piecing. Once in a while there is math involved (usually not much) and once in a while it turns out like I'd hoped. Often it doesn't <em>but that's still OK</em>. The fact that the item is personalized lets the recipient know it was made just for them, even if it doesn't look like the picture in my head. That's the other good thing about not using patterns --- no one but me knows what it was <em>supposed</em> to look like in the first place! In addition to making items (quilts, bags, etc) for family and friends, I try as often as possible to make items for friends of friends (especially children) going through hard times. I make a lot of items to be donated but as with my "regular" projects, I usually know a bit about the recipient as I make the quilt. Here are a few examples:</span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I made this recently for a 13-year-old undergoing chemo. Her motto is "YOYO" (You're Only Young Once) and her favorite colors are purple and blue. </span><span style="font-family: Times;">I've always wanted to try a bagello quilt so I used my MUGA method on this one. I think the "waves" symbolize the ups and downs she's had on her long road toward a full recovery.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">This was made for a woman who lost her 9 year old son a few years back. Every block is made from his clothes. He loved Disney so that was the theme, with a few personalized (stitched, photo and applique) blocks added in at her request. For example: At his funeral, buterflies were released, so she asked me to include a butterfly. Toward the center of the bottom row is a blue & green butterfly on a red background. I made that (applique) using pieces of his clothing.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">My friend Rachel asked me to make a Minnie Mouse quilt for her niece. I couldn't find much Minnie fabric, so I made those Minnie heads (with the bows) myself (applique). I added Sophia's name in Disney font (also applique) to personalize it more.</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First up is Kim, who lives in the UK. Kim has a way with HSTs like nothing you have ever seen. Perfect every time! Her love of them may be the only way that we are <em>not</em> exactly alike. And the bags she makes? Insanely beautiful. We have children of similar ages, we both run, we both love wine and bread and chocolate. I mean really, what more could you ask for in a friend? We often talk about getting together to sew or chat or run or eat and though I certainly wish she lived on my side of the Atlantic, I can imagine it might be dangerous for us to spend too much "real life" time together. The trouble I know we'd get into! Kim blogs over at <a href="http://www.brigantiadesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Brigantia Designs</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> so be sure to stop by and see her!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next up is Jean who writes over at <a href="http://jeanmckinstry.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">All Points on the Compass</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. She lives all the way in New Zeland and though I understand how geography and climate work, it still amazes me that she has snow when the place I live (South Florida) is in the dead of summer. Jean has so much spunk, I don't know how she does it. I "met" Jean when I was going through a pretty <a href="http://www.andladybughugs.blogspot.com/2012/10/need-some-ideas-can-you-help-me.html" target="_blank">dark time</a> and she was so kind to me with words and deeds that she will always hold a special place in my heart. You MUST see her photography. I aspire to someday have the eye and talent she has for capturing just THE most amazing pictures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I started this quilt it was just to challenge myself, I didn't have a recipient in mind. (That's rare for me, and probably why it took me so long to finish!) The week I was working on it happened to be the birthday of one of my daughter's best friends. Rachel (my daughter) declared that Morgan was such a good friend, she deserved more than a gift card for her birthday --- she deserved a quilt. Can't argue with that!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My daughter wrote the message above and I stitched it onto one of the stars. Now Morgan will always have a "hand written by Rachel" reminder of how special she is!</span></div>
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<em>All wrapped up and ready to go!</em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This weekend's project was to organize my younger daughter's room. The space under her bed was not usable because our old crib (not used in over 6 years) was in pieces underneath. The back of the crib serves as my daughter's headboard but I always thought that someday if we re-did her room (new furniture), I would donate the crib to Goodwill. Turns out the kind of crib we had (with the front that slides up and down) is no longer considered "safe" in the US, and she's still using the same headboard. So.... she keeps the back for her headboard, I keep the front for my quilts, and everthing in the middle is purged. She has space under her bed for storage, and I have a display rack for my quilts!</span><br />
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<em>Quilts down the middle, a pillowcase on the bottom and some bags on the sides. The 2 bags on the right and the bottom quilt were stashed in my craft closet since I can't even remember when. Right now, this is leaning up against the armoire in my bedroom but I plan to move it to a different spot after a room makeover I'll be doing in the next few weeks.</em></div>
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<em>I saw a different post on Facebook that suggested organizing handbags in your closet by attaching them to shower curtain rings on your closet bar. I bought a 12-pack of clear curtain rings for about $3.00 and Voila! Bag hangers!</em></div>
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<em>I know I've blogged about the <a href="http://www.andladybughugs.blogspot.com/2014/03/i-mentioned-in-my-last-post-that-i-had.html" target="_blank">bottom quilt</a>. Not sure I've shown photos of the top two or the bag on the left. Maybe one of these days :-).</em></div>
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Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950850901557220287noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770271337081555157.post-45509850938825546632014-08-14T15:31:00.001-04:002014-08-14T15:31:23.262-04:00Hipster Prototype<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In about 11 weeks, I'm going to be running another one of those crazy 200 mile relay races (from Chattanooga to Nashville, Tennessee). It's tradition that I make a little "something" for my team mates. In the past it has always been little demin zippered pouches with the race logo on them, but I wanted to try something a little bit (but not too much) different this time. (<a href="http://www.andladybughugs.blogspot.com/2012/05/appliqued-ragnar-zippered-pouches.html" target="_blank">Here</a> is what the first ones looked like --- don't think I ever blogged about the 2nd batch, but they were way cuter... whoops!) I thought a small over-the-shoulder hipster bag would be nice, but I couldn't find a pattern or tutorial that was quite what I wanted. What's a sew-er to do? Make my own, of course!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't want to waste any "good" fabric, so I used some home decor weight blah green, which was left over from lining my dining room curtains about 10 years ago. I'm not even sure where the green print came from. I used zippers I didn't love and didn't make the strap adjustable on this one (why waste good hardware on a bag I won't use, right?). I made it up as I went along and only had to rip one seam. Much to my surprise, it came out <em>exactly</em> how I envisioned it. Woo hoo! Or course, that "woo hoo" is followed by a big fat "darn!" becuase now I wish I'd made it prettier. It functions <em>perfectly</em> but it's just to stinkin' ugly! Oh well... things could worse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It measures 7" tall, is 6" across the bottom, 8" across the top and is 2" deep. It has a fully lined outside zipper pocket (perfect size for my phone), a fully lined main compartment and a dropped-zipper in the top. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the "real" version, I plan to make the strap adjustable and add an inside pocket. The outside will also be prettier. I can see these with so many color combinations, with embellishments, patchwork... the choices are endless! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I took notes as I went, I just need to get them written up in a little more organized way, so I actually understand what all my chicken scratch means when I am ready to make the next one. Who am I kidding, I'm ready NOW!!!! Alas, the repair shop called to say my Viking is ready for pick-up, so I have to figure out what to do next.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">(Yup, WIPs live with Legos in my house.... that's how we roll around here!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Write myself a pattern for this new bag.... make more of these new bags?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Shannon sent me a box full of her son's baby clothes well over 2 years ago (probably closer to 3). I put them into my craft closet and you know what they say --- out of sight, out of mind. This quilt only took 8 or 10 hours to complete (once I finally got started).... it's getting started I can't seem to get very good at!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The clothes she sent ranged in size from newborn to about 24 months, so the sizes varied greatly. She also included a few burp clothes (which were great for filling in "blank" spaces) and one itty bitty little bib. There were t-shirts, sweatshirts, terrycloth, fleece and nylon items. They all got a layer of fusible interfacing on the back (Pellon lightweight) before I cut them to size. The size and layout of the quilt was dictated completely by the clothes!</span></div>
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<em>This happy little crab was on the side of some nylon swim trunks.</em></div>
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<em>I saved the Harley Davidson tag from the inside of a little fleece jacket and sewed it in the upper left corner of the gray block. A cute little 3-D effect, I think.</em></div>
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<em>The center part of this block was a tiny little bib, round at the bottom. I had to improvise (with pieces from a matching onesie) to bring it up to a block size.</em></div>
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<em>I really wanted to use the Calvin Klein logo from this shirt, but it was in an odd spot to cut out, so I just used the shirt with the buttons, pockets and all. I sewed the main opening closed (down the middle), but it still looks functional.</em></div>
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<em>This was from a tiny little swim shirt that went with the itty bitty swim trunks. So adorable!</em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was so excited to have this completed and (finally) in the mail that I didn't take any pictures of the back. You're not missing much, though... I just used plain black fleece. I stitched in the ditch on every seam between all the blocks. I used cotton batting in the middle, because I don't think I could have gotten it through my machine (fleece + thicker batting + sweatshirts in some of the top blocks + interfacing) otherwise. I sewed the entire thing (piecing and quilting) with my walking foot. What a difference that made in the assembly! On all the previous t-shirt quilts I've made, I just used a regular foot for piecing. Never again --- the walking foot makes a night and day difference!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I spent the month of July in Upstate New York with my family and friends. It was there, through dear family friends, that I learned Reese's story. Reese is a beautiful, courageous 13 year old girl. Reese is battling cancer. Though her latest surgery results show success (clean margins!), she will be undergoing chemo until at least March of next year. When my friends asked if I could make her a quilt, I couldn't say no!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(I should have fluffed this quilt in the dryer one more time before taking the pictures... it sat in there overnight and I didn't realize how many wrinkles there were from sitting in a ball until I uploaded these photos. Oh well, live and learn!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Back in February, I made up little "kits" and secretly stuck them in each girls' backpack while I was in the classroom helping with a project. The kits included the fabric, paint, brush and instructions for making a handprint block. I asked the girls (all girls class, there are 19 of them) to also sign their name in pencil. Once they were returned to me, I stitched over each signature with 2 strands of DMC floss.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The white blocks were cut down to 7.5" x 9.25". All the black and white strips were cut at 1.5" each, so they finish at 1" --- lots of little pieces in this quilt! (Thank goodness for strip piecing!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The finished quilt measures approx. 60" x 44" after washing. There were 20 frames but only 19 girls, so I used my embroidery machine to write a special message to their teacher. This is her first year teaching and she is SUCH a doll, I just know she will treasure this gift from all her little girls forever.</span><br />
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Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950850901557220287noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770271337081555157.post-81960142045003848582014-05-20T08:53:00.001-04:002014-05-20T08:53:26.793-04:00Potpourri<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Potpourri.... that's what they call the category on <i>Jeopardy!</i> where they throw in all the random, unrelated questions they didn't get to in previous shows, right? Well, that's what this post will be.... all the random, unrelated things that I've been doing since I last had time to write a post.</span><br />
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<i>In early April, I traveled to Atlanta to run another one of those crazy races. This was my first trail race/run and I LOVED it! We had a team of 8 and we ran about 150 miles of trails over a 28 hour period (straight.) The first photo here is me crossing the finish line of my last leg. We are only supposed to run 3 legs each but I took on a 4th due to an injured runner. I think I totaled about 18 miles of trails during those 30 hours. The second photo is my team after our last runner crossed the finish line. I'm 2nd from the left.</i><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaqE7DBUJggVGBBWIWUmQNC0FThhIjQABf1tcSTy9R_iRAIybY7hPCAvCcLxOBTkwKZHyvYolyyz6DTE8VogEMEh9saqkICe1CyDD0wetiK9uzZuH0oG9FVM9_O4YjhyjS2YaDnAyTpi-p/s1600/Finish+line+with+Aaron.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaqE7DBUJggVGBBWIWUmQNC0FThhIjQABf1tcSTy9R_iRAIybY7hPCAvCcLxOBTkwKZHyvYolyyz6DTE8VogEMEh9saqkICe1CyDD0wetiK9uzZuH0oG9FVM9_O4YjhyjS2YaDnAyTpi-p/s320/Finish+line+with+Aaron.jpg" /></a></div>
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<i>While I was in Atlanta, I received word that my Aunt Cheryl had lost her long battle with cancer. After flying home, I drove up to Sarasota where we held a memorial service for her on Lido Beach. This is the memorial we made for her in the sand before watching the sunset over the ocean.</i></div>
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<i>I've been doing some sewing as well. I may have become slightly <strike>obsessed</strike> enamored with making zippy pouches the last month or two. All of these have been given as gifts (many for Mother's Day). I pretty much make these up as I go along, so the sizes vary.</i></div>
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<i>The two below were for a swap. I know, bad lighting. The one on top is the <a href="http://www.michellepatterns.com/product/pleated-wristlet-pdf-sewing-pattern" target="_blank">Pleated Wristlet</a> from Michelle Patterns. The one on the bottom the <a href="http://aquilterstable.blogspot.com/2012/08/triple-zip-pouch-tutorial.html" target="_blank">Triple Zip Pouch</a> (free tutorial) from A Quilter's Table.</i><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCL2rxlkCShfsDZlq4t-UDsitNQpLtGa3vHzFSsgvSkAI5wHCXURwCRzETFp5oFRW32Z_AjjSU_a9RCvV1ETpRp7myeVHSYezD4jwt4TRpCd0iMuTJV4fdVgYyQbZI0P82KsSk-k38uri9/s1600/IMG_3977.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCL2rxlkCShfsDZlq4t-UDsitNQpLtGa3vHzFSsgvSkAI5wHCXURwCRzETFp5oFRW32Z_AjjSU_a9RCvV1ETpRp7myeVHSYezD4jwt4TRpCd0iMuTJV4fdVgYyQbZI0P82KsSk-k38uri9/s320/IMG_3977.JPG" /></a></div>
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<i>I also made my first <a href="http://www.sewdemented.com/#!store/c768" target="_blank">Sew Together Bag</a> from Sew Demented. I followed the blog posts for <a href="http://quiltbarn.blogspot.com/2014/03/sew-long.html" target="_blank">this sew along</a> from The Quilt Barn for extra tips and pictures. (I highly recommend this if you do make the bag... some of the instructions in the pattern are a little confusing without the extra photos in the sew along posts.)</i></div>
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<i>New shipment of zippers from Zipit on etsy. LOVE that store! Great quality, quick shipping and you absolutely can't beat the price. I got this group of 100 9" zippers (in colors I chose myself) for $42, which included priority mail!</i><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQgX5xK2uVdap2BNSMsRo3QE3Nx8lJm3m6DGIh1JkdkdWN8NXRASUHI8AcYpfJaKUkeKPyn6J7xbfgP9lZmXfXX5GhFjeKxugfsFyWnJsVLtwFpmsny9e6t7JQhAyH7Fv1NVXTFPYYW_b/s1600/158.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQgX5xK2uVdap2BNSMsRo3QE3Nx8lJm3m6DGIh1JkdkdWN8NXRASUHI8AcYpfJaKUkeKPyn6J7xbfgP9lZmXfXX5GhFjeKxugfsFyWnJsVLtwFpmsny9e6t7JQhAyH7Fv1NVXTFPYYW_b/s320/158.JPG" /></a></div>
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<i>Mother's Day weekend my daughter and I ran a 5k together at Lake Worth Beach. It was her first 5k and I am SOOOO proud of her! We do a jog/walk routine and she SMASHED her 45 minute time goal with an official finish of 38:55:0. I finished at 38:55:5 -- she beat me :-).</i><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHPIFfFCSrjHVANI6o_YZv64RyqsIu5HYp8_appMLpkuVoJeFLlpZPbQGMhjrzpie5yB278tXbfduZ4jT7cutmgGc-hJbbjkA267u2_bE4F42NZ66KxobxFRKRODe4AuiSWo5178NYBXC_/s1600/190.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHPIFfFCSrjHVANI6o_YZv64RyqsIu5HYp8_appMLpkuVoJeFLlpZPbQGMhjrzpie5yB278tXbfduZ4jT7cutmgGc-hJbbjkA267u2_bE4F42NZ66KxobxFRKRODe4AuiSWo5178NYBXC_/s320/190.JPG" /></a></div>
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<i>As I was going through my phone looking for pictures for this post, I came across this one. The big guy is my brother Billy who passed away in January. The one on the left is my brother Christopher. This was at Chris' wedding back in 2005. I miss Billy so much.... every single day. I will soon be working on some crafty/quilty items for a fundraiser being held in his memory in August (on his birthday). More on that soon too.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I finished "embellishing" the purple brick quilt I made for Paula (my mother-in-law's cousin who is turning 70 next month). It measures 51" x 66" after washing. I think she's really going to like this :-).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My 10 year old daughter is in love with this quilt, yet it was made for a 70 year old woman. I guess it's true what they say --- you're only as old as you feel!</span></div>
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Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950850901557220287noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770271337081555157.post-80292354708372362762014-03-22T08:48:00.000-04:002014-03-22T08:48:02.323-04:00Pink Carousel Mini (swap)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;">I belong to a small swap group that swaps a "something" every 2 months. Our last swap was a mini quilt, at least 12" on one side. My swap partner </span><a href="http://wandas-quilts-crafts.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;" target="_blank">Wanda</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"> is in the process of re-decorating / re-organizing her sewing space and plans to use bright pink and white. She also told me she likes carousel animals. This is what I made:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;">I found a pattern online called "Carousel" by Fig Tree and Company and thought it would be perfect to go with the theme. I was too impatient to wait for the pattern to arrive so I started making my own version which is not quite the same, but close enough :-). I sent the pattern and some extra fabric (from the main front panel) to Wanda along with the mini. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My mother-in-law's cousin (Paula) is turning 70 next month, and she is throwing herself a birthday bash. Her favorite color is purple and her home is <em>completely</em> decorated in this color --- walls, furniture, everything. She asked that in lieu of gifts, we make donations to </span><a href="http://www.itgetsbetter.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It Gets Better</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (which we will definitely do), but how could I also not make her a quilt, right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my last post, I showed a picture of purple rectangles, which have </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">now turned into this quilt top:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">For any other cousin, I would move straight to quilting and binding and call this one complete. Paula, however, is not any other cousin :-). Below is the cover of her birthday party invitiation. That's her (minus her face) on the front. Yup, she's 70! When you're as much fun and full of life as Paula, your quilt needs to be more than "just" purple.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I mentioned in my last post that I had treated myself to a new sewing machine -- a Husqvarna Viking Eden Rose 250c. I was so anxious to play with her but I knew there would be a learning curve. What a change from my old Singer! I pulled out 3 mini jelly rolls (10 strips each) of Top Drawer's Nochella Droll that I purchased a long time ago "just because" and started sewing strips together on the long sides, mostly just to get the feel of the machine. I figured even if I didn't like the finished product, I wouldn't be wasting any "good" fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It wasn't until I opened the 3rd roll that I realized it was not the same as the first two. Two were Nochella Droll Leave and one was Nochella Droll Lace. Oh well... close enough! I ended up ordering some yardage for the back and to add a few more strips on the front... and pretty much just sewed until I had something sort of big enough to be called a quilt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I named her Nochella Rose --- Nochella for the fabric and Rose because she's the first quilt on my Eden Rose. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She measures 58"x40" after washing. This is the first quilt I've ever made "just because" and I'm not sure what I'll do with her yet. I like the idea of having "spare" quilts to gift or donate when an opportunity arises. These are not my favorite colors and though it's busy, I still like the way she came together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In December, I lost my "adopted" grandmother after a long illness. Growing up, my grandparents lived far away and she lived up the street, so we always considered her our grandma. There's never a good time to lose a loved one but right before Christmas was especially difficult. She was 90 and was sick on and off for several years so this was not a surprise, but it was hard to not be there (in New York) for the funeral.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We did make it to New York for New Year's and had a great (freezing cold and snowy, but great) week with my family (parents, brother, sister, nephew) there. I took a few home-made gifts with me, including this play mat I made for my little nephew, Liam. I didn't take many pictures of the finished quilt, but here is one of Liam enjoying it. It measures 48" x 48".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In late January, my world stopped when I got the call that my dear friend Billy -- who has been my brother's best friend and I've considered another "little" brother for close to 25 years -- was killed in a car accident. Billy was a hulk of a man -- he was 6' 6" tall, weighed 300 pounds and was all heart. He was a police officer, U.S. Navy veteran, and one of my most favorite people in the world. I traveled back to New York for the hardest days of my life -- his funeral services, complete with full police honors. I am still heartbroken and not a day goes by that he is not heavy on my mind.</span><br />
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<em>Billy with each of my daughters and my brother, at their high school senior prom.</em></div>
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<em>This video is called "Final Farewell." I still cannot watch it without tears or that now-too-familiar "punched in the stomach" feeling. I know it may seem a little sad to post a video like this on my blog, but it is a true testament to the enormity of our loss.</em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In between the very bad there was also good. We adopted two guinea pigs. My older daughter earned her orange belt in karate. My younger daughter found a passion for reading. I completed another one of those crazy, 12-person, 200 mile overnight running relay races (from Miami to Key West, Florida). I treated myself to a new sewing machine (a Husqvarna Viking Eden Rose 250c). I saw Billy Joel in concert. Many more "little things" as well, that remind me life is good. </span><br />
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<em>My girls enjoying the snow in New York at New Year's.</em></div>
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<em>6 of the 12 members of my running relay team after we crossed the finish line in Key West.</em></div>
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<em>Don't laugh... but I made these Wonder Woman costumes (skirt, arm bands, crowns) for the 11 women on my team. Our sole man wore a SuperMan shirt.</em></div>
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<i>I had lots of frog fabric left in my stash so when my mom told me her church group was making quilts to donate to <a href="http://www.quiltsforkids.org/" target="_blank">Quilts for Kids</a>, I decided to pull it out and finally use (most of) it up. The top has been done for about 6 weeks, I just finally found time to do the quilting and binding last weekend.</i></div>
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<br />Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950850901557220287noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770271337081555157.post-12486825439588695942013-11-10T12:07:00.003-05:002013-11-10T12:07:52.244-05:00Journal cover experiment<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<i>Inside with my composition book added. I love this one because it has graph paper instead of just lines... good for sketching things out when I need to for a project I'm playing with.</i></div>
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<i>Even though the front isn't all Pooh, the back is :-). This fabric is so sweet.... and the quilt is small enough that I didn't need to piece a back, so I used the fabric as is.</i></div>
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<i>This little guy (gal?) will keep the quilt safe until the shower on the 23rd.</i></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">~*~ May your day be full of Love and Ladybug Hugs ~*~</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">~ Kat ~</span></span></div>
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