Let's make a Crazy Quilt Pt.16 ~ Neutral Blocks Stitching and Lace ~ DancesWithPitBulls ~
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- Hello, it's me, Crazy Rebecca Dances With Pit Bulls. I am making a neutral color themed bed quilt for my daughter. I have started with 10" foundation squares. Beautiful fabrics with tone on tone threads to stitch with. Add lace and you have one beautiful quilt! I just hope I don't get too tired of the color palate before I finish it.
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She is going to love it!
@@teresamorlan6268 full video on it coming soon!
Beautiful work and fabric lovely too❤❤❤
Thank you! 😊 I gave my daughter her completed quilt recently.
OMG Rebecca, don't even talk about weather. There must be 'a disturbance in the force' in your area.The storms are frightening. We are in the mid 90s feeling like 100. I absolutely love these colors. I would not bet against you, I think you can do neutrals because daughters are the best gift ever. I had a bday this month and went off the rails with similar results. I am coming clean with you and feeling your pain. Hang in there and feel better. Blackened veggies, yeah right!! I char my hot dogs, and bologna. You have GREAT taste!
ha! A disturbance in the force for sure! Everyone is sick to death of storm damage- hail, wind, trees down, power out. It rained again overnight. At least I don't have to water my stuff outside. Right now I am loving the neutrals. If I keep some color in my life somewhere I will be fine.
I wished I had colder weather I live in the pilbar and all you get is hot weather,high 30s to high40 days in,I live in Australia in w.a the pilbar,I love to watch your videos, I quilt as well and I learn from you a lot more all the very best to you
Thank you for commenting. I had to look the Pilbara up as I had no idea where or what it was. We have had an unusual winter this year- The cold weather came early then went away. It's been above average temps mostly. I wish I could get snowed in for a bit lol
Haha..." how long can I work on neutrals without going crazy"? We love color!! But this will be so
beautiful, elegant, and feminine on your bed. Love your large stitches.
It's on my bed right now! Yes, it's still just a top but the borders are on and it's fabulous!
This quilt is going to be absolutely stunning!!! I love listening to your stories...great videos!!! Made me laugh when you said your mom got pregnant with twins your senior year because my daddy’s mom got pregnant right before he and mama got married. My dad was mortified because grandmama is so obviously pregnant in their wedding pictures!!!🤣🤣🤣 I’ve actually always thought it was really cool😂 - hilarious, but cool.
I fled the house asap leaving my sister behind to help with the babies. I then proceeded to have my own baby and got two of everything for him from my mom lol
Hi Rebecca, what a lucky daughter to have you make this quilt for her 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗 The neutral blocks look lovely xxx I loved hearing your stories of your life, I am hoping after all this time you are not still having health issues 🤞🤞 Wondering if you eventually had to have your gall bladder out as I did a couple of years ago, your tummy issues sounded like what I was having ....... very painful xxx on to no.17 xxx
My health has leveled out and I hae no complaints- no surgeries either. I need to remember to post the video of my daughter's completed quilt.
You sure know how to embroidery very well. Evan stitches. Thank you love the color.
Trust me I do not know how to embroider "properly" but practicing has my stitches pretty even
Recently found your channel while searching for tutorials on crazy quilting. I'm so pleased in finding you. This video is from 2019 and I'm hoping you have more current ones. Thx for sharing. Love them all
There are some newish ones, mostly fabrics for sale. Life is crazy and keeps me from crazy quilting🥺
I'm binge watching your old videos
That's so cool- thanks!
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This whole series of CQ tutorials is mesmerizing. What an educational video this one is. SO many useful tips (not matching up lace at seams, using your fave stitch, the nightmare velvet). Thank you! Warning, TMI! Like you, my siblings and I were given weekly chores (written on the blackboard 'duty roster') - and no allowance. We were never given encouragement in anything. Just punished if parents (both class valedictorians) didn't like something. Although, for some reason, they never bothered me when I was reading from our extensive home library (sci-fi and classic)....Like you, I was quiet and shy - and acted in a play in high school. But I attended a Catholic girls school and the nuns and counselor taught me NOTHING about the 'outside world'. I had NO study skills - I would come home from school, watch DARK SHADOWS on television and stay glued to the TV until 10pm lights out... I set my clock alarm for 1am, went to sleep and got up at 1am to complete my homework. I did enjoy French, geometry, chemistry, biology, art, fencing, English and archery. I hated Algebra, Social Studies, History, Basketball, and Geography - and my grades reflected that - but I always passed. (P.S. I walked 1 mile to H.S. but I was usually late). Like you I didn't study because I picked up many subjects easily. And because of my speed reading at college reading level, my ACT and SAT scores were so high that I managed to win a scholarship. I was shocked! After being 'courted' by scores of US colleges I chose the most technical school in my city - because I wanted to stay in Chicago close to my friends, go to the school with the MOST boys, 'chase BOYS and party'. :-) At IIT, I partied. I chased boys. I rarely attended classes - but I enjoyed sculpture and photography at the IIT Institute of Design. I discovered the cute French juniors and seniors and dated a dreamy French student - we only spoke French - very romantic! Also, I found the campus radio station and spent all my time there. As DJ, news commentator, record (vinyl) librarian and record (vinyl) engineer (I had to get a FCC permit!) (This was in the dark ages, even before 8-track tape!!!!!!!) I started to overcome my shyness. But I dropped out of college after 1st year freshman grades were so dismal....I met my future husband by being a DJ at that radio station. And from there I become more personable. I got IT jobs and retired from an international IT consulting career doing coding and analysis for cyber security - can you believe it? I flunked Algebra 3 times!!!! But I guess I learned enough to code in dozens of langes over 35 years!!! As luck would have it, along the way I discovered poetry, photography, scrapbooking, art journals, and weaving. Started creating and winning prizes in different disciplines. In the 1980's, I started my own 6-piece band singing and playing piano and synthesizer (using musical skills inherited from maternal grandparents and parents. Both parents also played piano) My band recorded dozens of tunes that I wrote - we also covered a Beatles tune and a Springsteen tune.... I LOVED being the bandleader....ordering the boys around :-) A local producer heard and liked our demo tape. He let me use his digital equipment to engineer/record my band's 1st CD! After the band, I re-discovered crochet and knitting (taught to me as a child by my paternal grandmother). Which I believe all led me to CQs and YOU! Thanks for sharing, thanks for listening, and thanks to YOU I'm finally focusing on my first Victorian CQ. I'm using all the gorgeous fabrics (velvets and more) I collected between college and retirement (when I could afford to buy nice stuff). I KNEW that someday, I would make crazy quilts! Thank you for being crazy! Peace, LuLu
Wow Lulu we must be related somehow lol Thank you for sharing your remarkable story. I have zero regrets over my life course. We must get together and talk face to face some day. Love, Rebecca
Oh I'm so happy to see you quilting again. Sorry you haven't been feeling well and hope you're much better now. This guilt is going to be awesome, your daughter is going to love it. OMG we think Hell has moved in here in Fl it's so Hot. I really enjoy watching and listening to you while you work. Thank you for sharing, take care.
Keep that damn hellish heat! More crazy quilt videos coming soon!
Thank you so much for sharing your talent. I’ve always wanted to learn how to make crazy quilts. Truly...Thank you!
You are so welcome! Let me know when your package arrives please.
Hi, you can get some sort of powder to sprinkle on the back of velvet & when you press it with a warm iron between a silicon sheet it will act like a glue & your velvet will stay put & behave. I have some in my stash but have 4gotten what it's called but I'll let you know! Jen in the UK. Love your designs especially the neutrals for your daughter's quilt. x
wow I am really interested in that powder!
We get the storms right after you do. The next day or so. Had one today. Last Thursday one tore up the street behind us. Whew!
I think you are basically straight east (kinda sorta) so I can just imagine the storms headed your way.
You are an excellent crafter, this is all beautiful, thank you. Learning from you at may age, 72, and my dear Mother let me use the sewing machine at age 9, and also before that even, she would give us kids pieces of scrap fabric to sew into anything. thank you again, to keep us busy, hugs from mary ann.
I am so happy to hear this. Keep up the good work yourself!
Love to see you crazy quilting again and these neutrals are gorgeous! Almost feel guilty about our cool, calm weather in California...
Hey I think California deserves some calm cool weather. We are going to need you guys to feed us if the farmers here can't get their crops in the ground soon..
Recently found your channel and love the way the chat and embroider at the same time.
Thanks Rena. Sometimes I can chew gum and walk at the same time too lol. I wish I had more time to embroider!
Oh my gosh!! I totally LOVE this chat … I can so relate to many things you talk about (eating, doctors, high school, partying, chasing boys, etc., etc.) I am an avid gardener also, I was always with my grandmother in her gardens. As to the weather issues....well, I can't complain here; along the Texas Gulf Coast (last 2 days of November), we're enjoying high 60s/low 70s, with light breezes...and sunshine. A fantastic place to live and garden....year round. :-) And...life IS the best schooling...IF you learn the lessons you're taught. ;-) "Good judgement comes from experience; experience comes from bad judgement." p.s. - Spanish is a good thing to know down here...
Here's to a long friendship!
I love the lushness of your neutrals. This is going to be beautiful. Don’t go crazy. Or crazier. You are just right.
These neutral quilts always look so rich! I have sold many of them over the past 20 years.
That is going to be gorgeous, I can imagine it on a bed! Our weather has been pretty nice so far, the plums weren’t all knocked off the tree by hail this year, which is fantastic especially if the birds leave some for the rest of us. Health problems suck! I remember when, old people used to tell me to enjoy my youth and rude, good health, now I know what they were talking about, lol! So anyways, it was great hearing your stories. I have a garden and JJ has a garden going this year. I love to find tomato worms and feed them to the chickens. I normally don’t kill any caterpillars nor larvae but I had my granddaughter google what they turn into and it was something like a five spotted moth; It wasn’t very pretty so, being the shallow lady that I am, I deemed them all unworthy of life. Thank you for sharing your beautiful quilt! Hugs, Julie 🥰
Yeah if I had known I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself lol (who said that?) We are having a fabulous bloom on everything but the farmers are beyond freaking out as hardly any crops have been planted. Coming soon to s grocery store near you HIGHER PRICES! I hate them tomato worms. Kill them all.
good suggestion about keeping it simple for a bed quilt. My friend had one on her spare bed and ... guests did not always get it should be TAKEN OFF THE BED before you sit on it, or put your suitcase down. We are having rain rain rain rain. It went to normal temp for ONE DAY and now more rain. Not fun.... like you, summer is short enough.
I suspect we will go from floods to full-blown drought. The farmers are all freaking out. There are so many fields that need planting it's even freaking me out.
I absolutely love this!! How do you keep your fingers from not hurting or getting sores. I have been binge watching you and love it!😍😍
My fingers do get sore. I usually wait a day between embroidery sessions. I am trying to get more videos in this series done please have patience with me!
Hi just found you and subscribed was wandering if you have a video for beginners for the stitches I cant hardly see what you are doing sometimes and would love to do this also can you show how you tie your thread off without having a bunch of knots by the way i love your videos i think you are the bomb diggity you are so talented thank you for sharing 😊
You can look through my crazy quilt playlist for videos of stitching. I will try to get a video about tying oiff done for you soon. I have been swamped with work lately and it bums me out :(
glad to see you again! sorry you've been unwell, but happy you've survived both that and the weather! LOL - I don't think "blackened" means burnt, I think it's the spices they use... or maybe you're right - what do I know, I don't cook... this was such a lovely stitch & chat, and the neutral crazy quilt is stunning!
Now listen here Missy, don't go spoiling my fairytale of blackened meaning burnt hahahahahahahah I hope I can give the quilt away when it is done lol I may just have an urge to keep it.
It’s hot here in central Alberta but we’re suffering some from a heavy pall of smoke drifting down from the forest fires in the north that has settled over the city. Shouldn’t complain though, hopefully they will be brought under control soon with no loss of life. And hoping you start to feel better.
If I can avoid those dreaded EPISODES I will feel so much better. But ugh- I kept Sadie Wednesday night and she was coughing and sneezing and now I am scared of getting a summer cold lol. Sorry to hear about the fires even though I know fire is a natural thing for grass and weed and tree control. It's bad when it is OUT of control.
COOL!!!
Thanks Comrade! is it summer in Ukraine?
What size block size do you generally make?
rw8869 for smaller projects 6”. For larger projects 10”. You should make a few blocks in different sizes to see what you like best.
Can you use bed sheets as foundation sqares
Absolutely. I do it all the time.
Beautiful colors?
Indeed.
You dropping your pin cushion in the Epson salt water was the reason I made you the pin cushion
I really appreciate it. I keep my fancy pins in it.
How much do you sell these for
I haven't watched this video in a while. What are you refering to? I do sell bundles, kits, samples and blocks.
What is the name of the embroidery stitch you are doing?
It's called the Cretan Stitch. It uses less thread than the Feather Stitch.
Have you had a doctor to see if it your appendix if the pain was on the right side I would think it was your gallbladder
That's just it- when I google left side it comes up diverticulitis or IBS (which they kind of think I have) but the medicine they gave me for that is a joke. There are no major organs where the pain is.
It’s suppose to be beautiful colors!!!!
Lol I understood- Yes they are beautiful and very rich-looking.
Well help you with the crops and you can dig us out after the earthquakes,lol.
Deal.lol
I notice you have no protection on your forefinger that you push every stitch with. Same place. I’ll bet you have a callous on the tip.
No, I don't have a callous as I don't embroider everyday. I commute 60 miles one way three days a week to work and I also do journaling and mixed media videos. I crazy quilt when I can, which isn't as much as I would like.
also the plumber is good news. And Trevor? well, now he and his friend can talk about how you just talk to strange men in trucks.
Yes, give them something to talk about is my motto lol. Still no word on the plumber.
I am not judging or preaching to you but I have a couple of suggestions…….
I am a former Weight Watcher lecturer so I know how hard eating properly can be!
Try having a glass of water (with lemon if you want) and a salad before you start eating your meal. What you can’t eat, take it home with you for later.
Hope this helps you! 🥰
@@gsr7772 thanks. If I thought I could do that I surely would. I do good for a while then I have days like today. Once I eat a salad I can't stand the thought of eating another one for weeks.