tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20815694154225393912024-03-09T07:42:00.002-05:00de Jong Dream HousePartly the story of a multi-generational family living on the lake, but mostly pictures of Jen's quiltsNielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149605077357873033noreply@blogger.comBlogger716125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081569415422539391.post-60656340843154597982021-01-01T19:07:00.004-05:002021-01-02T12:10:56.782-05:002021 Goals<p>Happy new year! 2020 was certainly a year none of us will forget. I look forward to this new year filled with promise and potential.</p><p>I shared a little bit in my last post about the vision issues and brain fog that kept me from writing much last year. Hopefully now that I'm seeing better, I can shake the cobwebs in my head to be able to write a little more. </p><p>I'm going to start with my 2021 quilting goals. I'm not sure what happened with my 2020 goals. I guess the year started the way it ended. Time to get back to it. As I did in 2019, I'm inspired by Yvonne from <a href="https://quiltingjetgirl.com/2020/12/21/2021-goal-setting/" target="_blank">Quilting Jet Girl's annual planning party</a>. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_P1Wv8ISwPw/X--qozB-jhI/AAAAAAABJAI/sPtZuCYBz_Q6FyDc45gWyoS3r23JXwjOwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/2021PlanningParty_crop.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="1080" height="304" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_P1Wv8ISwPw/X--qozB-jhI/AAAAAAABJAI/sPtZuCYBz_Q6FyDc45gWyoS3r23JXwjOwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h304/2021PlanningParty_crop.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Overall Goals ::</b></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">I have a few overall goals to guide my quilting this year.</div><ol style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><li><b>Become a Confident Long Armer.</b> This is just embarrassing. After saving for years, I bought a longarm when we sold the Dream House. It took a few months before I could move into my new craft room, and then longer while my attention was on moving, remodeling the kitchen, and settling in. By the time I could sew every day again, I had forgotten every thing I learned. I signed up for a weekend long arm training event last March, but COVID. So this year, I am going to pull up my big girl panties, load some panels and just get started. </li><li><b>Complete the 365 Block Challenge.</b> In 2018, I started <a href="https://kathrynkerr.com/365-challenge-quilt/" target="_blank">Kathryn Kerr's 365 Block Challenge.</a> I stopped in April because I didn't like that I chose a busy print as my main fabric. I chose a new color scheme for 2021, and am planning to make a mini quilt with the blocks I made in 2018.</li><li><b>Organize Scraps. </b>Last year I was gifted several bags of scraps. Mostly strips and scraps 3" or smaller. I have been slowly going through them and organizing them by size and color, trimming down as necessary. </li><li><b>Make One Scrappy Quilt for Each "New" Quilt. </b>There are so many great organizations needing quilts. Between my scraps and my need to practice on my long arm, I want to make sure that I continue making scrappy quilts.<b> </b></li><li><b>Finish UFOs. </b>I realize it is rare for a quilter not to be up to her eyeballs in UFOs, but I am hoping to whittle down my unfinished projects. I keep my projects in <a href="https://amzn.to/3aWnrqd" target="_blank">Sterilite deep clip boxes </a>in the <a href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/kallax-shelf-unit-white-80275887/" target="_blank">Kallax </a>portion of my craft table. </li><li><b>Write Up Blog Posts for Every Quilts. </b>I've made <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2018/08/all-quilts.html" target="_blank">145 quilts</a>. I have written posts about all but 16 of them. I would like to catch up on those this year.</li><li><b>Finish setting up Vesper View Studio. </b><b style="font-style: italic;"> </b>I am incredibly lucky to have such a large room with a view at the Lake House. When we moved in, I had dreams of hosting sewing dates with quilter friends. But COVID. My goal this year is to finish unpacking and organizing so I can write a tour post to invite you over virtually.</li><li><b>Write up one of my original patterns. </b>This continues to be a goal of mine. It's on the list, but may remain on the back burner until my brain fog lifts a bit. </li></ol><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O1qWHc8QuD8/X_CoY9G4ZkI/AAAAAAABJAY/mxEl0xS1IWw-14aG74zSMIDAsz-CHLxfACLcBGAsYHQ/s960/135488686_10157574855746176_3236643188870483207_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O1qWHc8QuD8/X_CoY9G4ZkI/AAAAAAABJAY/mxEl0xS1IWw-14aG74zSMIDAsz-CHLxfACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/135488686_10157574855746176_3236643188870483207_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><b style="font-size: 16px;">Projects in Bins:</b></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">I have many quilts in my to do queue. Some are still in the early brainstorming stage, some are simply fabric pulls, some are life events needing to be celebrated in fabric. And some I have even started!</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">As of January 1, 2021, this is my list of quilts and quilt ideas that have made it to the <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2013/09/printable-project-box-labels.html" target="_blank">project bin stage</a>. </div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xt3TxzxqyQw/X_CokijuGvI/AAAAAAABJAc/qtyEZXBhmw8QAJnSDXiB_eYpwAJo-894wCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/135659730_10157574855731176_7471308139480147844_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xt3TxzxqyQw/X_CokijuGvI/AAAAAAABJAc/qtyEZXBhmw8QAJnSDXiB_eYpwAJo-894wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/135659730_10157574855731176_7471308139480147844_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><ol style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><li><a href="http://www.blossomheartquilts.com/2016/12/announcing-the-2017-sampler-quilt-along/">Milky Way QAL</a>--blocks complete<span style="color: purple;"> </span></li><li><a href="https://sewhooked.com/category/rainbow-cascade-quilt-along/">Rainbow Cascade QAL</a>--4 blocks done </li><li>Master Bedroom--pattern designed and fabric pulled </li><li><a href="http://thesewingshed.ie/store/patterns/block-of-the-month/bom">Ring of Kerry QAL</a>--fabric pulled </li><li>Cameras & Canines--pattern designed, sample block made </li><li>Churn Dash Swap--flimsy complete</li><li>CJ Houndstooth Tiger--pattern designed, fabric pulled </li><li>Baby Boy Burd</li><li>365 Challenge - 2018--about 90 blocks made</li><li>365 Challenge - 2021</li><li>Catan</li><li>Charity Butterfly</li><li>Mom's AZ Christmas Tree</li><li>Dutch quilt shop <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> </span></li><li>Anniversary blocks <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> </span></li><li>Hemza<span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> </span></li><li><span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Andrew Yang</span></li><li>BELL </li><li>Jodene Elephant</li><li>Chris' Lumberjack <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> </span></li><li>Christian American Human</li><li>Cathedral window</li><li> Antelope Canyon</li><li> COWS (with circle of friends block?)--<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">sample block made</span></li><li>Self Portrait <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> </span></li><li>Hexie </li><li><span style="color: purple; font-family: quot;">Easter Baby - outline drawn, fabric pulled</span></li><li>Snowflake</li><li><span style="color: purple; font-family: quot;">Solida</span></li><li><span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Stingray</span></li><li>Wonky Log Cabin</li><li>Yo yo</li><li>Rolling Wave</li><li><span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Morse Code</span></li><li>Will's Otter <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Fan</span></li><li><span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Nautical Guest Room</span></li><li><span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Happy Quilt</span></li><li><span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Daniel's Toolbox</span></li><li><span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Man Parts</span></li><li><span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Tree Skirt</span></li><li><span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Snowflake</span></li><li><span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Carisa's Shelter</span></li><li><span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Oops & Orphans</span></li><li><span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Braille</span></li><li><span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Sofia</span></li><li><span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Vesper View (Grassy Creek)</span></li><li>celtic midnight (write pattern)</li><li>Bright Birch Trees <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> </span></li><li>Dutch scraps <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> </span></li><li>Illusion <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> </span></li><li>Pixelated Brutus <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> </span></li><li>Oh My Gosh <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> </span></li><li>Pineapple quilt <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> </span></li><li>Patchwood Pals </li><li>Dear Jane</li><li>Jacqueline de Jonge</li><li>Splendid Sampler 2</li><li>Farmer's Wife</li><li>Kyle House</li><li>Danielle Irish Chain</li><li>Griffin's Kayak</li><li>Landon W (Hufflepuff)</li><li>Keith's Radio</li><li>Landon B</li><li>Ellie's Ballet</li><li>Jax Panda</li><li>Blake's Minecraft</li><li>Simone</li><li>Granny Squares</li><li>Make cards and greeting cards out of quilt photos. (like <a href="https://emsscrapbag.blogspot.com/2019/03/moving-it-forward_11.html?showComment=1552310671701#c1568987898382853011">Em's Scrap Bag)</a></li></ol><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NG7cIpoiNN8/X_CpAwVQ1CI/AAAAAAABJAo/_FeXtR6LyZ09UZqSvz3Ork9HbAOa7zgXwCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/135350414_10157574855631176_6206510294851504009_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NG7cIpoiNN8/X_CpAwVQ1CI/AAAAAAABJAo/_FeXtR6LyZ09UZqSvz3Ork9HbAOa7zgXwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/135350414_10157574855631176_6206510294851504009_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Here's to a creative new year!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Jen @ de Jong Dream Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734952011251720255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081569415422539391.post-45881642871779081892020-12-31T20:11:00.002-05:002020-12-31T20:11:31.931-05:00We survived 2020!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8bqCoyOi_WM/X-4pOKAZOwI/AAAAAAABI_c/opSLaO0BC50n6bRunIiQmd6kX1UFsVA_wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/2020%2Bquilt%2Bcollage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8bqCoyOi_WM/X-4pOKAZOwI/AAAAAAABI_c/opSLaO0BC50n6bRunIiQmd6kX1UFsVA_wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/2020%2Bquilt%2Bcollage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Wowza. It has been a long time since I have posted. Here it is, the last day of the strangest day of our lifetime, and I couldn't miss the chance to make an update. </p><p>What did 2020 look like for the de Jong family?<br /></p><p>Like most people, our year started with optimism. We were settling into the Lake House. D was loving his new school. Mom was recovering from her double knee replacement surgery and was looking forward to travelling.</p><p>Then...COVID.</p><p>Mom's travel plans now involved trips up and down the stairs. Back and forth along our street. And occasionally, a trip to ALDI. </p><p>The first weekend in March, we cleaned out Niels' cloffice (closet office). Since he drove D to school every day, he didn't have a work at home day, so it had been a low priority project. It was great timing because he has been working from home since March 13 with no plans to return to the corporate office in the foreseeable future.</p><p>After leaving the Dream House and moving into the Lake House so D would be closer to his new school, it's ironic that he has also been doing school remotely since March 13. He will be home for his entire 6th grade year. We are beyond thankful that he is thriving with his arrangement. With his ADHD, the freedom to fidget and belt out songs from Hamilton while on mute has been a blessing all around. Google Classroom makes it easy for him to see the status of his work and he has been able to keep up. Over the summer, he work on 6th grade math on Khan Academy and did so well that he was put in 7th grade math this year will a plan to start algebra in the fall. </p><p>As for me, COVID hasn't changed my day to day life very much. I like to stay home anyway. The only difference is that I'm not alone. I'm never alone!! :-) I had high hopes to do a lot of quilting this year, but spending time with my family was more important. I see this year as a gift. The whole world was forced to slow down the way I was forced to slow down after my brain injury. It has been interesting, and often disheartening, to see how some have responded to this gift of time. When else in our lifetime will we be able to save lives by staying home? I realize that I speak from a position of privilege. Our home is secure and our income hasn't changed. So many do not have ability. We are happy to stay home to make the world safer for those who must be out.</p><p>The big challenge for me this year has been my vision. In September of 2019, I hit my head--again--on the door to our dryer. I thought I was fine after a few days, but my vision was more wonky than usual. I had a harder time keeping things in focus and vertigo has been a real challenge. I wasn't able to see my computer screen clearly, or subtitles on the TV so my world got pretty small. I could only keep in focus things that were an arm length or less away. I have an extra large iPad that I used almost exclusively. Of course, trying to see made my brain tired. So I slept, a lot. I usually slept until about 10 and went to bed after dinner. I went to the doctor...a lot. We tried different prescriptions, which is a challenge because my vision changes from day to day and varies depending on how tired my brain is. Finally, in late October, we got it right. When I am rested and my brain isn't stressed, I see better than I have in over a decade. (In fact, it was ten years ago today that I sustained my last bad TBI, the one that messed up my vision and metabolism). I still struggle with brain fog when it comes to writing, which is why I am woefully behind on my blogs. </p><p>For the last few weeks, I have been learning to see beyond my arms. It sounds odd, I'm sure, but it's overwhelming at times. There is so much more to see, particularly when in the car or looking out my window. Sometimes it triggers vertigo. I'm still pretty tired. I am able to stay awake longer, but need to lay down. I have played a lot of Fishdom. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gr5lK2Kmfsc/X-42g4uQWpI/AAAAAAABI_s/0927-kG5Pok1NM0w3u1A6Q6F1L1uphYYQCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/134646976_10157570761171176_5997705684554090080_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gr5lK2Kmfsc/X-42g4uQWpI/AAAAAAABI_s/0927-kG5Pok1NM0w3u1A6Q6F1L1uphYYQCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/134646976_10157570761171176_5997705684554090080_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p>I'll make a separate post with my goals for next year. I'm not sure that I made a list of goals for 2020, but here is a little recap of what I was able to do. </p><p>* I (only) made nine quilts this year. Hopefully as get used to using my laptop again, I will share posts on each of them.</p><p>* I'm still working on learning to use my longarm. I don't know what my mental block is, but I have a bunch of panels and it will be my #1 goal for 2021.</p><p>* My studio is slowly getting organized. It will continue to be a process because I was gifted several totes of scraps that I am slowly working through sorting.</p><p>* The highlight of my quilting year was seeing one of my quilts displayed at my show for the first time. 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Here's to a happier, healthier 2021!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Jen @ de Jong Dream Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734952011251720255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081569415422539391.post-84490625131285685572020-06-19T11:06:00.000-04:002020-06-19T11:06:18.430-04:00Quilt #138 :: Happy Scrappy Colors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So, 2020 has certainly turned into a year none of us will forget!<br />
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Like everyone else, I have been holed up for the last three months. I have gone through the "organize and purge stage", where I got Niels' home office decluttered and organized a day before he started working from home. I also did a lot of purging of things from our storage room and got rid of things that we realized we didn't need after our move a year ago.<br />
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Next, I went through the "parenting in a pandemic," where we all adjusted to online learning and helping D adjust to a new routine for the rest of 5th grade. What a year for him: new house, new school, ADHD diagnosis, starting middle school, first time with homework and grades, 10 different classes on a rotating schedule...and then a pandemic! I'm so proud of how he pushed through the challenges and finished the year with all As!<br />
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Then, I went through "the slug" stage. I slept in. I went to bed early. I stared at my craft room but didn't feel motivation to do much other that slog through making masks for my family and a few neighbors. I played a lot of my favorite app, Fishdom.<br />
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And now it's summer. Our vacation plans are cancelled. D's summer camps are cancelled. We aren't able to host our soccer coaches because they are staying put in the UK this year. We are adjusting to the new normal and feel very lucky that Niels' job is secure and we have a beautiful new-to-us home to enjoy. But I'm still feeling blah.<br />
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One lesson I learned from my brain injury is that the best way to get over feeling down is to look for a way to help someone else. Quilting has been such a godsend for me in this regard, because not only is the creative aspect of quilting good for creating new neuro pathways, the emotional reward of being a giver again is incredibly healing.<br />
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Several weeks ago, while walking our dog, we noticed that one of new neighbors was expecting a little one. During our socially-distant chat, we learned that her little boy would be arriving at the end of May. We joked that with everything shut down, the only thing we had to do was to look forward to her baby being born. And what do quilters do when a baby is one the way? We make a quilt!<br />
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Before COVID closed the fabric shops, I had made a goal this year to not buy anything new fabric unless it was specific to a project I was currently working on, or backing to finish a quilt top I had completed. I also want to make more scrappy quilt to reduce the overflow of my scrap bins.<br />
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I love word quilts, so I had the idea of using my little 1.5" squares to make a rainbow quilt.<br />
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It was a fun project because it wasn't too difficult and I had fun remembering other quilts I made with the scraps.<br />
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Unfortunately, this project made little impact on the amount of scraps I still have. I think I could make a dozen of these quilts before it would make a difference!</div>
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Yellow proved to be a challenge because the lighter shades didn't have enough contrast to the white blocks, particularly the off-white pieces. I would step back from my design wall to decide which squares I needed to replace until the word "yellow" was clearly visible.</div>
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Spring came into full bloom as I was working. I love being able to look our at our little lake while I work. My mom is gardening for the first time in nearly 30 years, and making peace with leaving her beloved Arizona.</div>
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There is something very satisfying about making something beautiful and unique with tiny pieces. As I trimmed some of my scraps, I saved 1" strips for the <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/06/quilt-130-omigolly-miss-jennifer.html">Omigosh quilt </a>I'm still planning to make. </div>
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When I finished the quilt, I walked it over to its new home. Mama didn't answer the door so I left it on the handle. Seeing someone open a quilt they didn't expect is my favorite thing, but I know better than waking a newborn! </div>
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I always hold my breath a bit when I send a quilt off until I know that it has safely arrived in its new home. Happily, my neighbor stopped me outside a day later to tell me how shocked and happy she was with the new quilt--the first she has ever received. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">To see more pictures of this quilt in progress, check out </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/happyscrappycolors/"><span style="color: #9966cc;"><span style="background-color: white;">#H</span></span>appyScrappyColors</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> on Instagram. To see what I'm currently working on, please follow me at </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dejongdreamhouse/" style="background-color: white; color: #9966cc; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;">deJongDreamHouse.</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> </span></div>
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Hi friends! I had grand plans to write a big long blog post today to reveal my first finish of the year, and a very personal one at that. I am very happy to announce that my epic 2019 quilt chronicling my 15th year as a brain injury survivor is finished!</div>
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I actually finished it on the 11th, just in time to submit it to a local quilt show. Woo hoo! Bucket list itemed crossed off! Because I only had 10 days to finish the quilt after making the last block on January 1--including hand sewing the binding and sleeve...and learning how to hand bind and make the sleeve...and starting it the day before the quilt was due...I didn't have time or brain power to take a good picture of the finished quilt. </div>
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However, in a few weeks, I will get to see my quilt hung in a real live quilt show and you can bet I will be taking<i> lots</i> of pictures hung up while it's on display. </div>
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I have much more to say, but my brain is still not playing well with my words after all the December craziness, so it will have to wait. In the meantime, I wanted to share my quilt today because it is my brain-aversary today! My brain injury is sweet sixteen!</div>
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This is what I shared on Facebook today:</div>
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<i>My brain injury is 16 years old today! Sometimes I miss my pre-TBI life. I’d like to be able to drive whenever and wherever I want. I’d like to be able to trust my brain to keep up when I’m in public or in situations that trigger my symptoms. I’d like to be able to make plans without caveats. I wish I was able to have written more books. I wish I could make more memories. I wish I could avoid my crashes and headaches and vertigo and blurry vision and fatigue. But, mostly I am grateful. I have a husband who loves and advocates for me. I have a son who challenges and inspires me. I have friends who accept my flakiness and welcome my spontaneous invitations. My mom lives with us and shares her silly pup with us. We have a beautiful home with a long table and comfortable guest room. I have discovered quilting, which gives me an outlet for creativity and generosity. I am happy and content.
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So, please come back again to hear more about this quilt, see pictures of the show, and discover what I learned about (still) living with a brain injury. </div>
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**Updated 6/2/2020**<br />
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My goodness! What a year it's been! My brain completely pooped out for about 6 weeks after I finished this quilt. I just couldn't shake the cobwebs and spent most of 6 weeks in bed. I finally started feeling better at the end of February and the COVID hit. Fortunately, our family has stayed well, but my sew-jo has been lacking as adjusted to having everyone home all day, supervising D's on learning, and so much cleaning.<br />
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But I'm back and hoping that our summer at home will be just the stability I need to get back into the quilting swing of things.<br />
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My TBI quilt was accepted into the quilt show and it was quite a thrill to see it among so many quilt.<br />
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Happy New Year! Is anyone else looking around for the flying cars we were promised on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jetsons">Jetsons</a>? As fun as that would be, I'm glad we at least have <a href="https://amzn.to/39xLDvG">robot vacuum cleaners</a>!</div>
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We enjoyed a quiet day at the <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/06/introducingthe-de-jong-lake-house.html">de Jong Lake House</a>: watching TV, playing games, working on a puzzle, sewing, and writing my end of year posts. </div>
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In case you missed it, <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/01/2019-trunk-show.html">last year I made 16 quilts. </a> It's a bit less than previous years, but considering we had a big move and renovation in 2019, I'm pretty happy with that. Here's to more finishes in 2020!</div>
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Speaking of goals, I created an updated post of the <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/12/2019-goals-updated.html">goals I set last January</a>. I always set way too many goals, but I did hit quite a few, and in a few minutes, I will complete the last block of my <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/01/brain-injury-quilt-my-epic-quilt-to.html">TBI Temperature Quilt. </a> I'm looking forward to it being my first finish of 2020.</div>
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As far as monthly goals, I'll update this post shortly with a list of my 2019 One Monthly Goals (hosted by <a href="https://www.elmstreetquilts.com/p/omg-one-monthly-goal.html">Elm Street Quilts</a>). I missed a few last year, but with 3 weeks in Europe visiting family, , working on an epic, every day quilt, and yes, the move, I'm okay with that. </div>
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Today, we will enjoy another lazy day together as a family. Niels loves binge-watching international shows, so I suspect I will spend some time next to him setting my goals for 2020. </div>
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UPDATED 12/31/2019:<br />
It's the end of 2019 and how did I do? Well, I made the fewest amount of quilts this year than I have since I started quilting--<a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/01/2019-trunk-show.html">just 16</a>--but I also moved, so I'm giving myself some grace!<br />
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As 2018 winds down, I have started thinking about what I want to quilt in 2019. I had started to jot ideas for this post when I saw that <a href="https://quiltingjetgirl.com/2018/12/15/2019planningparty/?fbclid=IwAR11TGl2v762ITT2MWYY_GeAtjAG6An3lDucFruollxIDwP3iCzB3_b_33k">Yvonne from Quilting Jet Girl-</a>-who designed the <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2018/02/98-wayward-transparency.html">Wayward Transparency quilt</a> I made this year--is sponsoring a 2019 Planning Party. Just the kick in the pants I needed.</div>
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I'm sure this list isn't exhaustive, and I know I won't be nearly this productive, but I made a list of the quilts I could think of, just off the top of my head, that I want to make.</div>
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I have four overall goals to guide my quilting this year.</div>
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<li><b>TBI/Temperature quilt.</b> I've seen a lot of temperature quilts where crafters make one block or one row with a specific color to correspond to the local weather. I'm thinking I want to make one to record a year of my life with a brain injury. <span style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">End of year update: Tomorrow I will complete my final block and plan to have this be my first finish of 2020.</span></li>
<li><b>Reduce Scraps. </b>My scrap bins are overflowing! I hope to always be working on at least one scrappy quilt this year as I work on other projects. <span style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">End of year update: I've used a lot of scraps, but my bins are still overflowing!</span></li>
<li><b>Make One Scrappy Quilt Each Month. </b>This goes along with Goal #2. I'm part of a local quilting group that always needs quilts. I should be able to whip up more quilts for them. <span style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">End of year update: my scraps are more organized now. I've started separating blocks of 2.5", 2", and 1.5" squares. Hopefully that means it will be easier to make more scrappy quilts in 2020.</span></li>
<li><b>Be More Active with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/229642043881514/about/">Sew It Forward</a>. </b>In 2014, I started a FB group of generous quilters to make quilts for my family after my dad's home was destroyed by fire. My brain injury does not allow me the ability to run the group anymore, but the amazing Tina Burlington has taken it over and amazes me on a daily basis. I would like to contribute to more projects under her leadership. <span style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">End of year update: no change. :-(</span></li>
<li><b>Finish UFOs. </b>In 2017 I was part of <i>a lot </i>of social quilting projects. I want to get them finished up. <span style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">End of year update: 5/16 finishes this year were UFOs started before 2019</span></li>
<li><b>Write Up Blog Posts for Every Quilts. </b>I've been good about writing posts about recent quilts, but I missed quite a few in my first years. I'm slowing catching up and look forward to having the last 19 posted! (Hmmm...19 quilts left. I just finished my 119th quilt....) <span style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">End of year update: I kept up with all 16 new quilts, and wrote posts for ten of my early quilts. Nine left to write!</span></li>
<li><b>Move to a bigger quilting space. </b>We are going to be moving some things around here at the de Jong Dream House. One of the advantages is that I will get more space for my quilting! <span style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">End of year update: When I wrote this goal, I was thinking of moving to the basement. Instead we moved to the Lake House, where I have a fabulous and huge new studio. Six months after our move, I'm still settling in.</span></li>
<li><b>Learn to Long Arm. </b>I already know that my boys bought me long arm lessons at our local quilt shop. I'm hoping to gain confidence so I can finally buy a long arm of my own! <span style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">End of year update: I had my lessons. And in April I bought my longarm. Unfortunately, by the time we moved and finished renovations, I forgot how to use it. I'm hoping to take lessons again in 2020.</span></li>
<li><b>Write up one of my original patterns. </b>I have several original patterns that kind followers have requested. I've done some testing, now it's time to start writing! <span style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">End of year update: no change</span></li>
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<b><br /></b> I always have multiple quilts in progress. I like to sew to my passion, working on whatever project inspires me. Sometimes, I'm sewing to meet a deadline. And sometimes, the fabric and pattern sit in a project bin for a <i>long </i>time before I get around to it. Part of the reason I started the list pictured above was because I wanted to see how much progress I could make in one year. That said, in no particular order, here are my top 19 priorities in 2019.</div>
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<li><a href="http://www.blossomheartquilts.com/2016/12/announcing-the-2017-sampler-quilt-along/">Milky Way QAL</a>--blocks complete<span style="color: purple;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li><a href="https://meadowmistdesigns.blogspot.com/p/magnolia-mystery-quilt.html"><span style="color: purple;"></span>Magnolia Mist QAL</a>--top complete (finished 05.29.19)</li>
<li><a href="https://sewhooked.com/category/rainbow-cascade-quilt-along/">Rainbow Cascade QAL</a>--4 blocks done <span style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Master Bedroom--pattern designed and fabric pulled <span style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li><a href="http://thesewingshed.ie/store/patterns/block-of-the-month/bom">Ring of Kerry QAL</a>--fabric pulled <span style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Cameras & Canines--pattern designed, sample block made <span style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Churn Dash Swap--waiting on last block <span style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">End of year update: working out final design</span></li>
<li>CJ Houndstooth Tiger--pattern designed, fabric pulled <span style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Molly Apron--pattern designed, clothes gathered <span style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/459680352/the-be-a-mermaid-quilt-pattern?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=mermaid+quilt&ref=sr_gallery-1-1">Mollie's Mermaid</a> (finished 01.20.19)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/03/quilt-123-beauty-and-brains.html">Millie Beauty and Brains</a> (finished 03.03.19)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/12/quilt-136-zipped.html">Zipped</a> (U of Akron)--top complete (finished 12.14.19)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/02/quilt-122-buckeye-bricks.html">Buckeye Brick</a> (finished 02.01.19)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/03/quilt-124-purple-abacus.html">Purple Abacus</a> (finished 3.04.19)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/12/quilt-135-hidden-gems-of-menlo.html">Hidden Gems of Menlo</a> (Lola Bee)--top complete (finished 12.11.19)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.projectlinus.org/contest/">Project Linus</a>--blocks made (finished 04.13.19)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/03/quilt-125-mrs-millers-music-quilt.html">Mrs. Miller's Steinway</a>--pattern designed (finished 03.19.19)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/06/quilt-130-omigolly-miss-jennifer.html">Omigolly, Miss Jennnifer-</a>-pattern designed (finished 05.12.19)</li>
<li>Ashley's Heart--pattern designed, fabric pulled <span style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">End of year update: no change</span></li>
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Top priority: TBI Temp quilt</div>
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Quilts Currently In Bins/UFOs</div>
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<li>Catan</li>
<li><a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/11/quilt-132-hannahs-good-fortune.html">Hannah's Good Fortune</a> (finished 10.10.19)</li>
<li>Baby Burd quilt (finished 12.31.18)</li>
<li>Charity Butterfly</li>
<li>365</li>
<li>SCOPE pillows (finished. No post)</li>
<li>Niels shirts</li>
<li>Niels' Weighted <span style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">End of year update: I bought one instead!</span></li>
<li>Kreza Memory Pillows <span style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">End of year update: I made the quilt instead</span></li>
<li>Kreza Memory quilt <span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">(finished 11.20.19)</span></li>
<li>Berky Memory quilt <span style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">End of year update: no change</span></li>
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<li>Mom's cactus <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Mom's Christmas <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Dutch quilt shop <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Anniversary blocks <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Shelly Beach Library <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Star Wars <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Habitat for Humanity <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Hemza<span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Thin Blue Line <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>BELL <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Dare to be Square <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Jodene Elephant <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Chris' Lumberjack <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Christian American Human <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Weiner dog for Kathy S <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>I am Enough for Rachelle <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Bob Ross <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Cathedral window <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Antelope Canyon <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>COWS (with circle of friends block?) <span style="background-color: white; color: purple; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">End of year update: sample block made</span></li>
<li>Self Portrait <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Hexie <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Crazy quilt <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Snowflake <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Solida <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Kara <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Wonky Log Cabin <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Yo yo <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Rolling Wave <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Morse code <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Will's Otter <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Braille <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/jendejong/quilts-inspiration/">Pinterest Inspiration </a></li>
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<li>6.5” scrappy strips QAYG <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Scrappy celtic midnight <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Chris' lumberjack <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Blue crazy <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Birch <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Dutch scraps <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Illusion <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Pixelated Brutus <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Minion 2 <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Pixel book <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Oh My Gosh <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Pineapple quilt <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li>Patchwood Pals <span style="color: purple; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> End of year update: no change</span></li>
<li><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/jendejong/quilts-scrap-busters/">Pinterest Scrap Busters</a></li>
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Epic Quilts (not necessarily 2019)</div>
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<li>Omigosh</li>
<li>Dear Jane</li>
<li>Jacqueline de Jonge</li>
<li>Splendid Sampler 2</li>
<li>Farmer's Wife</li>
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<li>Illusion</li>
<li>Quiltville Mystery 2019 (make 2, one scrappy, one solids)</li>
<li>Illusion</li>
<li>Quilts in my Binder</li>
<li>Boo Davis book</li>
<li>Elizabeth Hartman </li>
<li>Dutch Scrappy</li>
<li>100 Scrappy Book</li>
<li>Anne R baby (write pattern)</li>
<li>Kyle house</li>
<li>Jacob</li>
<li>Griffin</li>
<li>Landon W (Hufflepuff)</li>
<li>Landon B</li>
<li>Ellie</li>
<li>Garden Mosaic</li>
<li>Make cards and greeting cards out of quilt photos. (like <a href="https://emsscrapbag.blogspot.com/2019/03/moving-it-forward_11.html?showComment=1552310671701#c1568987898382853011">Em's Scrap Bag)</a></li>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />Jen @ de Jong Dream Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734952011251720255noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081569415422539391.post-2166848275457170102019-12-30T16:44:00.001-05:002019-12-30T16:44:31.297-05:00Quilt #136 :: Zipped<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In 2014--a year after I started quilting, and a few months after our high school exchange student returned to the Netherlands--we welcomed our first university student. We loved having Marissa stay with us all year, but she totally ruined us. We couldn't imagine a better fit with our family. We did want to continue opening our home to anyone who needed a soft landing in the States, so we jumped at the opportunity to welcome college students. </div>
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After Marissa left, I turned her room into <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2013/08/diy-craft-table.html">my craft room</a>. Our short term guests stayed in our guest suite downstairs. It was bigger and had an en suite, so it was a really nice place for jet legged guests. Three months after we said goodbye Marissa, we said hello to Eugen from Moldova. </div>
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We had so much fun with Eugen! We made Russian food, played Settlers of Catan, and got thrown into modern college life. He only studied at the University of Akron for one semester, but by the end of his time in the US, he was bringing friends over who continued to visit us after Eugen returned to Moldova. </div>
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While Eugen was here, I started to make a University of Akron quilt. But as a brand new quilter, I was slow and never finished it before he left. It was in a project box for the last five years, during which we hosted another 20 students. Finally, when we moved to the Lake House, I made a list of my UFOs (unfinished objects). The top was finished so I just needed to quilt and bind it. </div>
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This fall, we hosted our first college student at the Lake House, Richard from...the Netherlands. I actually got the request to host him when we were in the Netherlands visiting Niels' family this summer. We've had a lot of fun with Richard, too. He was a great sport about our house being renovated. He played countless games of chess with D, who now loves the game so much he's on the school chess team. He and Mom always have a Scrabble game going on, and it bugs mom to know end that someone who isn't an English native speaker wins so often! Niels has enjoyed having someone to talk Dutch news with and I have really enjoyed our conversations about religion, psychology, and sociology. </div>
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Most of our students stay for a year. A few are here for several years. Richard also only stayed for one semester. We always tell our kids that they are welcome "home" whenever they want a home cooked meal or our company.</div>
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When Richard asked if he could stay with us again before he headed home, we were happy to welcome him back. He was able to enjoy Christmas prep with us, like making cookies. </div>
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There were many students I could have given the Akron Zips quilt to over the year, but Richard was coming when I finally got the spark to finish it!</div>
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The week before Richard arrived, I had a crazy goal of delivering four quilts, including his. I was so close, but was downed by a massive headache the night he came over. The next morning, I got up, finished the quilt, and had Richard step outside, so we could do a dramatic re-enactment of how I had planned to surprise him with his quilt!</div>
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In 2018, I was part of an online quilting bee hosted by <a href="http://www.blossomheartquilts.com/">Blossom Heart Quilts. </a> My month to be queen was December, which is always dangerous because quilters run out of steam at the end of the year. This was the second year in a row that I participated in a bee using the blocks on Blossom Heart Quilt's page. The first year, I made my <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/03/quilt-124-purple-abacus.html">Purple Abacus Quilt</a>. </div>
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This year I chose a more difficult, paper-pieced block called <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/03/quilt-124-purple-abacus.html">Hidden Gems.</a> </div>
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By the time all my blocks came in, I was busy with other projects, both quilts and our big move to the Lake House. The blocks were placed together in a project bin as I awaited inspiration to finish. </div>
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That spark came in November when a volunteer from D's new school asked if I might have a quilt to contribute for the winter benefit auction. I didn't have a completed quilt because I usually give them away as soon as I finish one so I looked through my UFOs (unfinished objects). I knew it wouldn't take long to piece the blocks and finish it, and I was excited to see it completed. I had actually thought I might keep this one to myself, but my son's school is a good cause.</div>
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As expected, it didn't take long to finish piecing. I didn't need any sashing or borders because the blocks make a cool secondary pattern I didn't want to disrupt. </div>
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The main challenge I had was that my thumb was still bandaged from slicing it on a mandolin at Thanksgiving. It was tricky to pin the quilt, but Niels helped me out. </div>
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For the backing, I used two fun metallic prints I had been saving for a special occasion. I like the back as much as the front!</div>
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I'm happy to report that the quilt had more than one bidder--my big fear! And the winner also won quilting lessons from me. I'm looking forward to creating another quilter to the craft. </div>
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2019 is quickly coming to an end. The conclusion of the a year is always hectic with Thanksgiving, Sinterklaas (Dutch Christmas), D's birthday, and Christmas. By the time we get to the last week of the year, I am wiped. This month, I also finished 4 quilts. I'm operating on fumes!</div>
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In my pre-brain injury life, I loved the week between Christmas and New Year. My type-A personality loved to reflect on my year, make new goals, create new files and spend the week planning and organizing. Now I just want to curl up and take a nap!</div>
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I am getting plenty of sleep this week --and always!--and since I have finished the quilts I really wanted to finish in 2019, I want to take some time to write about my recent finishes before I jump into the new year. </div>
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I already wrote about the<a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/12/quilt-133-thin-red-ironman-line.html"> memory quilt </a>I finished for my friend Shanna. The quilt I'm sharing today marks something much happier: the friendship between my son and one of his best friends, Jacob. </div>
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These two have been besties since kindergarten. In addition to their love of learning, they shared a passion for trains, and then space. After five years being classmates at their STEM school, the boys are now attending different schools, but stay connected through Minecraft and their Gizmo watches. What a gift technology is for today's kids. </div>
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As D's friends from elementary move on to different middle schools, I've started to make friendship quilts. As a mom, I want to show my appreciation to the good kids D's tribe. I've already made quilts for <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2018/11/quilt-118-maxs-robot.html">Max</a> and <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2018/02/97-harry-potter-wheelchair-quilt.html">Caroline</a>, who moved to Texas. </div>
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Jacob's quilt got started last January when I saw that <a href="https://www.ilovetomakequilts.com/">Pat Sloan </a>was hosting a quilt along based on space called <a href="https://blog.patsloan.com/2019-out-of-this-world/">Out of this World</a>.</div>
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Readers of this blog may recognize Pat's name as she also hosted the <a href="https://www.ilovetomakequilts.com/grandmas-kitchen-sew-along.html">Grandma's Kitchen</a> quilt along, which was the basis of the <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2018/04/quilt-100-and-101-102-103-104-and-105.html">six (nearly) identical memory quilts</a> I made for myself, my mom, and my four aunts. </div>
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When I told my son about the new quilt along, he said I had to do it, then suggested I make it for Jacob since he was having a rough year and he wanted to give him a quilted hug. </div>
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I had grand plans to have D write a bit about each block's topic, like I did when I was making Gramma Ann's quilt, and his friendship with J. But then we sold our house and found a new house and moved and remodeled and ran out of time and energy. </div>
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I did get some cute pictures of D every month, though, especially after we moved and we used his super cool mural of the ISS as a background. </div>
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The main change I made to my version of Pat's quilt is the addition of Jacob's name. Once again, I used the letter patterns in Lori Holt's book, <a href="https://amzn.to/37igYAE">Spelling Bee.</a></div>
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D and J share a birthday week in December so my goal was to finish in time for D to deliver it at J's birthday part. I sliced my thumb on a mandolin on Thanksgiving so quilting this, especially with minky, was quite a challenge.</div>
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But I pushed through and finished in time for D to complete the most important step. Sleeping the love into the quilt. </div>
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D also helped me with the label by drawing this...</div>
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...which I turned into this.</div>
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I have been really proud of D for the friends he's chosen. He is kind to everyone, but the people he gravitates to kids who are smart, inventive, creative, and polite. Jacob is no exception. Every time we have given him a gift or had him over for a playdate, he always thanks me. When D has a rough day or moment, J is able to comfort him or help him find a solution to his frustration. I have loved watching their friendship deepen and strengthen through the years, from silly kindergarten antics to deeper conversations about life. </div>
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Quilt delivery was especially fun because D got to do the delivery. I loved listening to him talk about how I made the quilt. J didn't even see the whole quilt before bolting over to give me a huge hug. It is so gratifying to have a quilt received with such appreciation.</div>
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I look forward to many more years of friendship between these two. </div>
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To see more pictures of this quilt in progress, look for <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/jacobsworldquilt/">#JacobsWorldQuilt</a> on Instagram. To see what I'm currently working on, please follow me at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dejongdreamhouse/">deJongDreamHouse</a>.</div>
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Merry Christmas from the de Jong Lake House, which is quickly becoming our new Dream House. It's not the house of which we lovingly and painstakingly designed each inch, but it is where my loves live, and they are the ones that have made my dreams of family come true. </div>
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But mixed with the wonder and joy of the holidays, I know that too many of my friends are also filled with sorrow as ones they love live on only in their memories. One family that has been particularly close to my heart over the last year is the Kreza family. </div>
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There is a special group of women I've written about before. We call each other The Moms and we met when we were all expecting our now 11-year old kiddos. I've made a few quilts for The Moms over the years. </div>
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Quilts made for The Moms, <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2018/08/quilt-21-pipers-maple-leaves.html" style="color: #0066cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Piper's Maple Leaves</a>, <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2016/05/quilt-62-imogens-bunting-banner-quilt.html" style="color: #0066cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Imogen's Bakery Banner</a><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">,<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> </span><a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2017/03/quilt-76-team-en-provence.html" style="color: #0066cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">"A Team" en Provence</a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">,</span></span> <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2016/12/quilt-56-branchs-carpenter-star.html" style="color: #0066cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Branch's Carpenter Star</a>, <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2016/07/quilt-65-gioias-french-roses.html" style="color: #0066cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Gioia's French Roses</a>, <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2017/04/80-brooks-auburn-herringbone.html" style="color: #0066cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Brooks' Auburn Herringbone</a></div>
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Most of the quilts were for new siblings to our birthday buddies, but where those were born of joy, this one was born of sorrow. </div>
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For the second time in a decade, one of The Moms has lost her love. For those of us who only knew Mike Kreza from the adoring words and adorable photos posted by our friend Shanna, he seemed like the perfect guy. Mike was devoted to his wife, an involved daddy to his three girls, and from all reports, was a generous friend. He also had a fantastic smile that light up his eyes. He was a fire fighter in California who put his life on the line every day he went to the station. And he was an Ironman athlete to boot. It was while he was training for the 2018 Arizona Ironman that a man driving under the influence hit him on his bike. He died two days later, on November 5, 2018. </div>
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Death is rarely fair, but it seems particularly cruel when it steals away too soon someone who adored his wife, lived for his kids, and chose the kind of career that is the epitome of selfless. His character and generosity is evident even now as his fire community, his Ironman community, and friends and strangers around the world have come along Shanna and the girls in a way most grieving families can't even fathom.</div>
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I've wanted to make a quilt for Shanna and her girls all year, but memory quilts are so hard to start. I think making a quilt like this makes a death feel so final and I just hate that our friend has to face this. </div>
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This is the first quilt I made start to finish at the Lake House. I had a few ideas but knew that I had to incorporate the logo that was made in Mike's honor. <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Q--f8hdhO8/Xf_8r76iPfI/AAAAAAABFe4/F_30wEllKVE218pfOCm10mg7VtH4FACzwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1600" height="230" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Q--f8hdhO8/Xf_8r76iPfI/AAAAAAABFe4/F_30wEllKVE218pfOCm10mg7VtH4FACzwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/logo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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I ordered fabric from Spoonflower with the logo on it. (I did get permission from Shanna first, though she didn't know what I wanted to use it for). The font ended up much bigger than I thought, so I had to cut out the individual logos and piece them together in a new design. I had envisioned an alternating brick pattern, but I really like how this turned out.</div>
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Being new to town, we don't know our local first responders yet. I brought the quilt over to our local station to request a photo in front of the station.</div>
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When I showed the dispatcher the quilt, she brought everyone at the station to admire it and hear about Mike's life. Then they offered to take a picture with it in front of one of their trucks. When I left, they gave me one of their patches to send to Mike's family with the quilt. </div>
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I ultimately decided on the fire flag design despite Mike not dying in the line of duty because he risked his life each day, and when someone choses to be a firefighter, his lifetime of sacrifices deserved to be honored. </div>
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Once I figured out how to make the quilt, I made the decision to use 44 different black tonal prints, one for each year of his life. After sorting through my stash, it took visits to six different quilt shops, plus Amazon to find everything I needed.</div>
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The red heart print has been in my stash for awhile, waiting for the right quilt. It was the first print I chose. </div>
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For the quilting, I veered from my standard spiral and used one of the hearts to echo. I put an "S" in the center of the heart, because Shanna was at the center of everything Mike did. </div>
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As you enjoy the company of your family on this Christmas, and all the holidays that follow, take a moment to think of first responder families, whose loved ones may be away on call or worse. Better yet, include in your tradition, a show of gratitude: take some goodies to the station, write a note of thanks, or if you are able, give a bit to help make the holidays a little easier on those missing their hero.<br />
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Happy December, it's the most scheduled time of the year! In our family, December is especially busy with Sinterklaas (Dutch Christmas) on the 5th, our son's birthday on the 9th, and then our attention finally turns to Christmas. A few of D's friends also have December birthdays, so it makes for busy weekends trying to celebrate each child. And of course, those Hallmark movies aren't going to watch themselves!</div>
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One thing I have learned from having a brain injury is how to let go of expectations. If ever there was a month when we feel pressured by the "I shoulds," it's December. Holiday traditions. Memory making. Gift giving. Quilts to finish! My mantra is, "All I can do is all I can do and that's all I can do." Stress triggers brain crashes, so I let it go. Some years I make dozens of cookies. Some years I make done. Some years I finish a flurry of quilts. Some years I don't finish one on my list of UFOs. But every year, I take time to enjoy my family, whether it's doing an activity together, or snuggle on the couch watching a movie. "Together" is what makes memories.</div>
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Along those lines, my One Monthly Goal for December is to make time to play with my new-to-me longarm! My local quilt shop was selling the one I took my lessons on, and I was happy to make the splurge as we were just selling the Dream House and I knew I finally had room. It took a month to get it to my new studio and another two months to set it up. For the last three months, I've been too busy with everything else to refresh my memory and start playing. So this month, I will watch videos, ask questions on all my favorite quilting sites, and PLAY!</div>
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As they say in my native Minnesota--Uff da!! November flew by with most of my time and energy going into taking care of my rock star mom, who had bilateral (both) knee replacement surgery this month. She got home from the rehab hospital two days before Thanksgiving and is slowly hobbling around on her walker. On Thanksgiving day, while slicing apples on the mandolin, I sliced off the pad of my thumb! Yeouch! I was able to go to the ER, get fixed up, and was home in time to welcome a full house of guests. </div>
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All that to say, my Black Friday plans of quilting my One Monthly Goal quilt and starting Bonnie Hunter's 2019 Mystery Quilt, Frolic were thwarted. Instead I spent the day in bed watching the Hallmark Channel. Not a bad compromise.</div>
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So while my OMG is not<i> finished</i>, the top is done, so I'm calling it a goal complete. </div>
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The pattern is Pat Sloan's <a href="https://blog.patsloan.com/2019-out-of-this-world/">2019 Block of the Month, Out of this World</a>. I added a section to include the recipient's name using the letter patterns from <a href="https://amzn.to/35OgvW7">Lori Holt's Spelling Bee</a>. I still hope to have this quilt ready to be gifted in the next few weeks, and then back to the mystery quilt!</div>
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I'm so excited to share that I have finally finished my first quilt at the Lake House! My new Vesper View Studio is still getting unpacked and organized-my One Monthly Goal--but an impromptu trip to the Outer Banks was just the nudge I needed to finish this quilt for my goddaughter.<br />
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A lot of quilters will recognize this pattern as <a href="https://quiltville.blogspot.com/">Bonnie Hunter'</a>s 2019 Mystery Quilt, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2081569415422539391">Good Fortune</a>. This is my third Quiltville mystery, and finishing it has me anticipating the start of her <a href="https://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/frolic-mystery.html">new mystery</a> at the end of the month.<br />
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As soon as I learned that Good Fortune was inspired by Bonnie's trip to China, I knew that I would be making my quilt for our goddaughter, Hannah.<br />
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Hannah was born in China, then adopted by my friends. Then she moved with her new family back to China. And now she lives in Virginia. I met Hannah's dad on his first day as my co-worker. I was asked to pack up my things one day so he could have my office. When Dan found out, he felt so bad he offered to have me over to dinner with his family. As it turned out, we were neighbors and soon Dan and Sara were both dear friends.<br />
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When I met Dan and Sara, they had two little boys and were waiting to bring a little girl home from South Korea. Little brother melted my heart when he showed me his new sister's picture and told me how much he loved her already.<br />
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As a single woman, I loved spending time with the Kennedy family. I often came over for dinner and a game of Catan. I'd come over every week to watch West Wing with them. Dan traveled a lot for work. On those days, I'd often come over to give Sara a hand and adult conversation. I loved babysitting and picturing what it might be like to have a family like this of my own someday. In fact, when I met prospective suitors on the new world of online dating, the entire Kennedy family offered their opinion!<br />
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It was quite the honor when Dan and Sara sat me down to ask me to be their second daughter's godmother. They showed me her photo and I fell in love. I wasn't sure if marriage or motherhood was in the cards. At that moment, I felt like I was being shown an ultrasound. I couldn't wait to meet her!<br />
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When Hannah first came home, she was so brave and scared and
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The first Christmas she spent with her family was only a few months after she came home. Dad was definitely
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The first is that I sustained <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2014/01/epilogue-my-first-decade-living-with-tbi.html">my brain injury. </a> Like Hannah's adoption, my brain injury split the timeline of my life into before and after. I was still very much a part of the Kennedy family after my brain injury. In truth, I depended on them more--to get to my many doctor appointments, to work on my therapies, to make sure I remembered to eat, pay bills, and one time...to turn off the gas in my kitchen! But I wasn't quite the adult I was before my injury.</div>
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The second and more significant event was the fact that the Kennedys moved to China for several years. The day Dan and Sara told me they were leaving our neighborhood was one was of the hardest days of my life. So much of my life was unraveling at that time. I was
losing my job and house because I could no longer work, and the guy I had been
dating decided he didn’t want to marry me after all. I felt so lost, and the
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To soften the blow, Dan and Sara bought me a flight to China to spend Christmas and my birthday with them in a few months. When I watched the Kennedys pull away from our neighborhood that August day, it was the upcoming trip that comforted me.</div>
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One month after the Kennedys left, I met Niels. Our courtship was
different than the other guys I dated. First of all, there were no Kennedys
around to vet him for me! Also, he was Dutch, and very straight forward. He was
very open about his feelings and I knew right away that he wanted our
relationship to last. He let me know in a thousand different ways that he was
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If I had met Niels even a few weeks before, he likely would
have spent Christmas with me in China in 2006. Instead,
he went back to see his family in the Netherlands, which turned out to be quite
the God-ordained plan. The day after I arrived, there was a tsunami in China that disrupted all of the
communication lines between the US and China, and slowed down the connection
between the US and Europe. It was quite the trust exercise for me to give Niels my passwords to check my email and pay my bills for me. (It turned out very well. After seeing an email from my Dad that he and my two sisters had an upcoming stop in the Netherlands before seeing family in Israel, Niels started planning a proposal trip for the two of us!)</div>
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Back to China. Since my brain injury, I don't make memories well unless the stories are repeated or photos are taken. But I vividly remember walking down the six flights of stairs from Dan and Sara's apartment to the ground level. As we walked down the stairs, Dan asked me about Niels and what I
liked about him. By the time we got to street level and passed the garden in front
of their building, Dan stopped, looked me in the eye and said, “Jen, you
know you love him, right?”<br />
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I am not the smartest person when it comes to
emotions. When Dan said that, I smiled and thought to myself, “Yes, yes, I
do.” Looking back now at the 13 years we've shared together, it's hard to believe there was ever a time I wasn't secure in Niels' love for me. And yet, without that
conversation with Hannah's dad, I might not have realized what a good man my
husband is, and I can’t imagine now, being married to anyone else. And that is
why, before we were married, Niels and I decided that if we ever had a boy, his
name would be Daniel.<br />
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It’s a strange thing that we can be surrounded by love but
not know it or accept it. When I was a teenager—and clearly, well past
then—sometimes I had a hard time with a disconnect between what I felt and what
was true. When I think of Hannah in those first weeks after her adoption, I think she felt much the way same. She was so loved, but didn't know it or accept it right away.<br />
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I got home from China after three weeks. As soon as I got home, Niels and I started ringing shopping. We met up with my family in Amsterdam on their trip, then took our own trip to Paris with Niels' parents, when he proposed in a garden at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.<br />
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When we planned our wedding, we planned it around Dan and Sara's furlough. Hannah was still pretty shy in those days so we didn’t want her to feel pressure to
perform or be anxious about strangers. So rather that ask her to be a flower girl with all eyes on her, she was our official bubble wand
distributer. Siblings Zach, Noah, and Mia were her assistants. She had a little basket
with purple tulips and bottles of bubbles.<br />
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As I worked on this quilt, I thought about how quickly life can change from what we expect it to be. When I was in my teens or 20s, I would have thought that in my 40s, I would have said I would still be a
writer, maybe writing from home as I raised my family. I always thought four
kids would be ideal, after seeing four kids in my favorite family. Writing was
my thing. But then, it changed.<br />
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As a baby in China, Hannah couldn't have imagined that she would move to America, then back to China, then back to America again. And that strangers would become family.</div>
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As part of Hannah's adopted family, I also got to know her grandparents, Gene and Nancy. I love how they would
always come with fun plans and projects to do with all the kids. And I love how she included me. Long before I felt comfortable cooking, Nana Nancy showed me how to make bread!</div>
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Years later, after Niels and I were married, and our D was little, I did learn to quilt. D was four and had just started
pre-school. He loved Thomas the Train. We were shopping and he saw
some Thomas the Train fabric. He looked at me with his big blue eyes and asked
me to make him a quilt. When your child asks you
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So, I bought a little $15 machine and asked a friend to show
me how to sew. I made a <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2013/04/rag-quilt-tutorial-for-sewing-newbie.html">little rag tag quilt</a> for him. It had tons of crooked
lines and skipped stitches, but it was full of love, and that’s what D saw
and felt when he slept with it each day. After I finished his quilt, I
immediately started another. And then another. I had found my new thing.<br />
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So now I have finished my 132<sup>nd</sup> quilt for Hannah. I see my craft room a place of worship and my quilts as tangible prayers. Sometimes,
there is an occasion, like a baby being born, and I want to show my love with a
quilt. Sometimes I have an idea for a quilt, and a person comes to mind that
would like the theme or design. And sometimes, I participate in a mystery
quilt. The steps are reveals piece by piece. I don’t know what the final design
will look like until the reveal. I usually don’t know who I’m making the quilt
for until I’m nearly done.<br />
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I think the fact that Hannah's quilt was a mystery is so fitting. She was a wonderful mystery when you were born in China as your family and I
waited to meet you. And the future and plans God has for you are a mystery that
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It was Good Fortune that her Nana quilts and that the
beautiful quilts she lovingly made inspired me to become a quilter.
When I felt lost and without purpose after my brain injury, learning to quilt
helped me to be a giver again. In so many ways, I will never be as independent
as I was before my injury, but now, quilting feels more part of my identity
than my brain injury, and that is a powerful, healing fact. I think for Hannah--and all of us--there will be times when we are tempted to choose to define ourselves by our
weaknesses, but we also have strengths that inspire others,
even if we are unaware of our impact.<br />
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One of the things that I love about this quilt is that it is
made from more pieces than I can count. It’s made from both scraps and yardage I bought specifically with Hannah in mind. I hope that when Hannah looks at all the pieces of this quilt, she understands that each piece represents one of the times I have prayed for her and
thought of her over the years. Each piece is a reminder that I will continue to
pray for her and think of her and support her no matter which direction—or
directions—that life takes her. </div>
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I hope that when Hannah sees this quilt, she don’t notice the
mistakes--the borders caused me fits! Life is never perfect and often messy.
It doesn’t mean you don’t strive to do your best or go back and make things
wrong when they are messed up, but it also means that sometimes you just step
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I am very honored to be Hannah's godmother, Hannah, and I wish
that I could be more involved in her life. I love the (rare) updates I see on her dad’s social media and I love seeing her happy smile whenever he shares
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2019 is winding down and the Lake House is starting to feel like home, and maybe, even like our new (and improved) dream house. I'm still putzing away in the craft room, but I do have a plan for everything!</div>
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While I'm tempted to make working on my craft room my goal again this month, I think I'm motivated to do that. Instead, I'm going to work on finishing a quilt! </div>
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The quilt on my radar is Pat Sloan's <a href="https://blog.patsloan.com/2019-out-of-this-world/">2019 Block of the Month, Out of this World</a>. I have the first 11 blocks done, so it shouldn't take long. I hope!</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To see more pictures of this quilt, follow <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/jacobsworldquilt/">#jacobsworldquilt</a> on Instagram. To see the ever-evolving </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">state of my new craft room, check out </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/vesperviewstudio/" style="font-family: inherit;">#VesperViewStudio</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">. To see what I'm currently working on, follow me at </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dejongdreamhouse/" style="font-family: inherit;">deJongDreamHouse</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></div>
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Autumn is my favorite season. I love changing leaves. Our new lake house is surrounded by trees so I've been looking forward to seeing their fall foliage. They have not disappointed me.</div>
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With the weather cooling down, I set my goal to unpack my craft room. I am ridiculously lucky to have found a house in which I have such a lovely, large space. But it will take a little more than a month to get it in a more completed state. That said, I did make progress!</div>
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The big obvious change is that I sorted through the 15 or so totes of donated fabric. I passed on about half of it to two local quilting ministries. There's a lot of non-quilting fabric that I will pass on to other organizations, and I'll incorporate the last bit into my stash. The hardest part of organizing my craft room has been figuring out how to work around those three support posts. I have a plan in the works. Stay tuned. </div>
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This is my stash wall. My new studio is a huge room without any closets. I'm storing my fabric in the same Sterilite bins I've been using since I started sewing--just many more of them! I chose the wall farthest from the window to avoid sun damage. Niels and I went on an IKEA date to pick up a few things, the main one being a 4th Kallax unit. Originally I had 3 units placed side by side. I decided to stack two sets of two instead to make more use of the high ceilings. </div>
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My shelving corner was mostly neglected this month as my priority was getting everything moved to the right place. I had these shelves put up this summer. I'm a little scared to go through those white flexible bins because they were some of the very last things packed on the last day when all the boxes, bins, totes, and grocery bags were filled. I'm sure I will find some treasures.</div>
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Here you can see where I've moved a few things around. The desk I have by the posts now is made up of the top of the tall "desk" in the before picture attached to some IKEA legs we had in storage. The brown CD rack has been moved to our theater room temporarily while we wait for a buyer on Amazon Marketplace. The white Trofast towers were moved back toward the posts. You can also see that I moved my long arm. The new white cutting board was a nice garage sale find!</div>
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I decided to move my long arm to the opposite side of the room because the posts are not in the center of the room. Moving it means I have more room to walk around it. Plus, having it in the back of the room makes it less likely to be bumped by young visitors. I sold the big brown bookcases because they took too much visual and physical room. I've re-organized the Trofast scrap bins so I have more space for each color, plus bins for squares that are 1.5", 2", and 2.5" squares.</div>
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With the long arm moved to this side, and my desk and printer moved in its place, I now have a row of machines along the far wall.</div>
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The room looks the most different from this angle. It feels so much bigger without the big bookcases and after clearing out those tubs. I'm hoping to have some friends over for a quilting retreat next summer so I'm happy I can have so many spaces to cut and sew.</div>
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I'm still noodling through how I want to set up behind the machine. I have a leaning shelf, Kallax, and Trones. Only one will stay.</div>
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The Trones hold my gift wrap and Cricut vinyl. I think I will move them by the other cutting table so I don't have to walk around the long arm to wrap gifts. (Christmas is coming!)</div>
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Here's my thinking corner. I love this chair but I'm stalking Amazon Marketplace for a leather recliner, or maybe even a small chaise sleeper sofa in case we need an extra guest space. No hurry on that. I do like to have my legs up when I work on my computer to plan quilts or write blog posts like this one!</div>
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The time has come. I have unpacked every box and have mostly organized everything on the main level of the house. It is time for MY ROOM!</div>
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We moved into the de Jong Lake House in June, and immediately tore out the kitchen and area by the garage. It had taken us until last month to finish that up and get everything where it needs to be. Ah, so nice to be done with construction dust and able to have everything in its place. </div>
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Downstairs, my craft room has been waiting very patiently for my attention and in October, that's my OMG. </div>
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How's that for a scary start to October. No wonder my sew-jo has been off! Fingers crossed that by the end of the month, it's all spic and span and I am back to sewing every day!</div>
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I'm not sure if I'll get much sewing done this month, but I sure hope I have a place for it by the end of the month!</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To see more pictures of the state of my craft room, check out <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/vesperviewstudio/">#VesperViewStudio</a>. To see what I'm currently working on, follow me at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dejongdreamhouse/">deJongDreamHouse</a>.</span></div>
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Jen @ de Jong Dream Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734952011251720255noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081569415422539391.post-60868796372122004082019-10-05T23:07:00.001-04:002019-10-05T23:07:12.020-04:00One Monthly Goal :: September 2019 Update<div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; color: black; font-family: &quot; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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Oy vey! It feel like it's been forever since I have been blogging and sewing regularly. May was a long time ago. That's when we were bought the de Jong Lake House and began the process of selling the Dream House, moving, and renovating. </div>
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On the plus side. The kitchen is done! I'll do a full write up at some point, but here's a sneak peak.</div>
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This is what it looked like when we closed.</div>
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Pretty much the only things the same are the tile (which we would have loved to change to something softer and quieter like cork, but, money), frig, and ovens. We knocked down the two small walls on either side, took everything to the studs, and rebuilt it all over again. The previous kitchen was pretty, but the new kitchen is much more practical and modern.</div>
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Currently, we are finishing up our family foyer. This is one big room--mudroom, laundry room, drop zone, and walk-in pantry--that used to be three little areas. We knocked all the walls out and completely re-designed the space. Most of the cabinetry installed and are just waiting for some molding, a couple cabinet doors, the bench and backing, and the sink and counters. That sounds like a lot, but it so little compared to what we have done!</div>
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In the meantime, I have loved being able to finally put away all the things that have been sitting in our bedroom on the other side of the kitchen for the last 3 months, and were in a state of packing for a couple of months before that at the Dream House!</div>
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Ah! It is good for my soul--and my brain--to have a place for everything and everything in its place!</div>
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I spent a lot of time upstairs, and not nearly enough time downstairs, but I did manage to complete my <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/09/one-monthly-goal-september-2019.html">September One Monthly Goal</a>!</div>
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My goal for September was to catch up on<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><a href="https://blog.patsloan.com/2019-out-of-this-world/" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Pat Sloan's Out of this World BOM</a> Blocks. I had quite a few to do, so it felt really good to catch up!</div>
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This is where I stood on September 1. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">And here I am now, without only one block left.</span></div>
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With a little luck, this may be one of my first finishes in the Lake House. Next month's goal is to finally get my Vesper View Studio unpacked. I am SO ready!</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To see more pictures of this quilt, follow<a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/jacobsworldquilt/"> #JacobsWorldQuilt</a> on Instagram. To see more pictures of my progress on the craft room, check out <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/vesperviewstudio/">#VesperViewStudio</a>. To see what I'm currently working on, follow me at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dejongdreamhouse/">deJongDreamHouse</a>.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.elmstreetquilts.com/2019/09/one-monthly-goal-september-link-up.html"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Elm Street Quilts</span></a></div>
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Hellooooooo!! Remember me? Things are finally starting to settle down her at the<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/06/introducingthe-de-jong-lake-house.html">de Jong Lake House</a>. Most of the (indoor) renovations are done, the majority of boxes are unpacked, we spent 3 weeks celebrating the 50th anniversary of Niels' parents in Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands, and D has started as his new school (which he loves!) I am finally getting time to sew again! I don't ever want to go that long without sewing regularly again!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Needless to say, I did not complete <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/07/one-monthly-goal-july-2019.html">my July OMG</a>, or even attempt one in August. So here we are in September and I am going with a "catch up" theme. My new sewing studio will be amazing when I'm settled in, but that will take more than one month!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So..my goal is to catch up with my blocks for <a href="https://blog.patsloan.com/2019-out-of-this-world/">Pat Sloan's Out of this World BOM</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm currently done with blocks for January through May, so I have to do June, July, August, and September. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If I really get myself in gear, I'll finish the monthly blog posts for each one, too! Wish me luck!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To see more pictures of this quilt, follow<a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/jacobsworldquilt/"> #JacobsWorldQuilt</a> on Instagram. To see more pictures of my progress on the craft room, check out <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/vesperviewstudio/">#VesperViewStudio</a>. To see what I'm currently working on, follow me at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dejongdreamhouse/">deJongDreamHouse</a>.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.elmstreetquilts.com/2019/09/one-monthly-goal-september-link-up.html"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Elm Street Quilts</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Summer is officially upon us and we are officially moved into the <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/06/introducingthe-de-jong-lake-house.html">de Jong Lake House</a>. There is chaos everywhere because it is impossible to unpack when the kitchen, mudroom, pantry, and laundry room are all being renovated! We are making do with a crockpot, secondhand microwave, and far too much eating out, but we are a few weeks away from being able to enjoy our upgrades. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Speaking of upgrades, I no longer have a craft room, I have a sewing studio! The previous owners used the 29' x 28' space as a play room, but I claimed it as my play room, which I am naming Vesper View Studio. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is how it looked on closing day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The big change we made was to replace the carpet with cork.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Then we changed the yellow stripes to Vesper Violet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Finally, we changed the yellow can lights to bright daylight tiles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Then, I moved all my stuff in. My room suddenly doesn't seem so big!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I've been focused on the renovations upstairs, as well as dealing with brain injury crashes, so I haven't been able to spend a lot of time getting things sorted downstairs. I'm not ambitious enough to make an organized sewing studio my One Monthly Goal!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Instead, my goal is to catch up on my <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/01/brain-injury-quilt-my-epic-quilt-to.html">TBI Temperature Quilt</a>. This is the quilt I'm making this year to document my 15th year of living with a brain injury.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I haven't sewn any blocks for nearly a month! I do have a pretty good idea of when my crashes are because of my Fit Bit, and I can also use my summaries to tell when I napped. We are headed to the Netherlands to see my in-laws at the end of the month, so I have a bit of a fire under my backside to catch up before then!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm hoping, too, that by working on a little project, it will give me the push I need to find my rulers and figure out a good arrangement for everything. Maybe my August OMG will be to have my sewing studio ready for (virtual) tours and (real life) visitors!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To see more pictures of my progress, check out <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/vesperviewstudio/">#VesperViewStudio</a> on Instagram. If you want to see our upstairs renovations, look for <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/dejonglakehouse/">#deJongLakeHouse. </a>To see what I'm currently working on, follow me at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dejongdreamhouse/">deJongDreamHouse</a>.</span></div>
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If you've been following this blog since <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2011/05/de-jong-dreamhouse-journey-begins.html">the beginning back in May of 2011, y</a>ou might remember that this blog started as a way to record the building of our new home, which we called the de Jong Dream House. Over the years, the blog has turned into more of a quilting blog as Jen has taken over and we were done building the house and were thoroughly enjoying living in the house.
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But as the great theologian John Lennon once said, "Life is what happens when you make other plans." For as much as we thought we considered everything when building our home, we could not have known that our son would be so passionate about NASA and have some social-emotional challenges to go along with his giftedness. So, as much as we love our dream house, we love our son more. Time for <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/04/a-new-dream.html">a new dream</a>.</div>
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It took 16 months of looking at a<i> lot</i> of houses, but as of June 15, 2019, we are officially moved into the new de Jong<i> Lake</i> House. It is utter chaos here at the moment, but we are all under one roof. And by "all," we are now including my Mom and her Havanese, Mury, who have left sunny Arizona for Ohio with all its willy nilly seasons.</div>
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We quickly learned that it is much easier to design and build a new house than it is to re-imagine a current house, but we are up for the challenge. There is a long list of items on our to-do list, but it will take a few years to get them done. Our immediate focus is to replace the kitchen, create a family foyer, replace the floor in the new sewing studio, create a circular driveway, and address the landscaping neglect.</div>
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But first, let me give you a tour of the house as we first saw it.<br />
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We like the size and symmetry of it. We like that the kitchen, dining area, and great room are one big open space, very similar to a plan we had sketched up when we were considering building again. </div>
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What we didn't like is that the kitchen cabinetry was very basic. There were very few drawers and the ones that were there were shaky. </div>
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One of our priorities in moving, in addition to being closer to D's new school and Niels' work, was to give Mom more space. In the Dream House, she had a bedroom, en suite, walk in closet, and a slider to the back porch. We wanted to find her a living space as well. In the Lake House, we say that she has the prettiest view in the house. </div>
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Her living room has large windows on two sides, and a French door leading to the back porch. It has a beautiful few of the lake and all the creatures and critters that hop or fly around the yard.</div>
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Unfortunately, Mom's new bathroom isn't designed to be accessible like her old bathroom, but it's on the list for our second wave of renovations. In the meantime, she'll live with it for awhile and think about how to design the layout better. </div>
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It was also a priority to us to have a guest room to continue hosting friends, family, and anyone else that needs a place to stay. The guest room is on the same side of the house as mom's suite and has a full bathroom just outside the door. We haven't even fully moved in and we've already hosted five soccer coaches from England and Ireland! We look forward to hosting more new friends in the future. </div>
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From what we can tell, the theme for the couple that built this house was "big." All of the rooms in the house are bigger than we would have chosen, but the we couldn't resist the overall layout.<br />
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He didn't get the en-suite he was hoping for, but he does have his own little living area outside his room. We can already imagine him hanging out with his friends down there when he's a teenager.</div>
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I think real reason he chose downstairs is because his room is close to the home theater. What a great unexpected surprise that room turned out to be!</div>
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We were really happy to learn that the screen, sofas, and audio equipment were included in the sale. I can finally see the subtitles when we watch TV!</div>
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The biggest surprise of the house which is not--as some have teased me--the reason we bought it, is my new sewing studio. It is a ridiculous 28' by 29'. I was hoping for enough room for a long arm. I have it in spades! Welcome to the new Vesper View Studio!</div>
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Our renovations are well under way. If you follow me on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dejongdreamhouse/">Instagram</a>, you'll get some sneak peaks of our progress. I look forward to having everything done, getting settled, and getting back to quilting!</div>
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Jen @ de Jong Dream Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734952011251720255noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081569415422539391.post-39090541130195879482019-06-27T14:05:00.003-04:002019-07-08T10:55:53.244-04:00Quilt #127 :: Long Arm Minnie<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ip4DVASexmw/XRTeNAzcHkI/AAAAAAABEtc/W7aRz3W3_1EzvniSPkXu04xZCnxkn_kQwCLcBGAs/s1600/127%2Blong%2Barm%2Bminnie%2Bwm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ip4DVASexmw/XRTeNAzcHkI/AAAAAAABEtc/W7aRz3W3_1EzvniSPkXu04xZCnxkn_kQwCLcBGAs/s640/127%2Blong%2Barm%2Bminnie%2Bwm.jpg" width="640" /></a>
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I should be getting my new sewing studio set up, but it's a rather overwhelming mess, so I will procrastinate a little long to share one more quilt I finished before<a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/04/a-new-dream.html"> we left the Dream House</a>. <br />
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A while back, I bought several panels on sale with the idea that they would make good practice quilts whenever I got a longarm.<br />
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For my birthday in January, the boys bought me longarm lessons at my local quilt shop. Carol teaches on a Handiquilt Avante, so that's what I got to learn on.<br />
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Before my first lesson, I added a few borders to my panel to make it lap size. My first lesson was spent learning how to load the quilt (there are a lot of steps!). Then I got to play!</div>
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When I came back for my second lesson, I brought the Minnie panel. I used a solid black backing on it and loaded it on the machine with the batting. I didn't really think ahead to what I wanted to do, so i just jumped in, using the borders as my guide. </div>
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I wouldn't usually use hot pink thread with black backing, but it showed my stitches very clearly, which was the goal. It isn't the prettiest of quilting, but I'm pretty happy with it as a first effort. I'm going to hold on to it for awhile as I improve my skill. It'll be nice to see improvement with each quilt. </div>
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D wasn't so keen on modeling with Minnie, thought he did do his part to sleep with it. </div>
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Niels was also a reluctant model. </div>
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Fortunately, our neighbor was a good sport. She may have a new quilt in her future.</div>
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I did take the opportunity to take a last set of quilt pictures on the back porch of the Dream House. (I'm still trying to figure out my go-to spot at the Lake House). </div>
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From the back you can better see what I tried to do with each border. Apparently I lost the muscle memory of the heart doodles I wrote all over my elementary school papers!</div>
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For the panel itself, I outlined Minnie and eyeballed straight lines back and forth. I'm looking forward to learning how to use rulers!</div>
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But the best part of this process is that Carol, my LQS owner, called me and asked if I would be interested in buying the Avante because she was getting a new machine and needed to make room. I happily said yes, especially after she agreed to hold it until we moved into the Lake House.</div>
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As I write this from the Lake House, we are surrounded by chaos. We are renovating the kitchen and created a family foyer. We also did a lot of painting and swapping light fixtures. In my new sewing studio, we changed lights, touched up the paint, and replaced the carpet with cork. It's hard to unpack with some of the most prominent rooms are under construction, but I'm slowly making progress. </div>
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My new as-of-yet longarm is in her future home, just waiting to be assembled. </div>
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<a href="https://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2019/07/can-i-get-whoop-whoop-little-stained.html">Whoop Whoop Friday @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict</a></div>
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<span style="color: #000032;"><a href="http://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2019/07/oh-scrap-pink-scraps.html">Oh Scrap! @ Quilting is More Fun Than Housework</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #000032;"><a href="https://prettypiney.com/what-i-made-monday-08-july-2019/" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Look What I Made Monday @ Pretty Piney</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #000032;"><a href="https://www.cookingupquilts.com/mcm-159-its-a-bear-y-froggy-week-and-im-smitten-with-this-quilt/">Main Crush Monday @ Cooking Up Quilts</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #000032;"><a href="https://moderncolognequilter.blogspot.com/2019/07/mpm-ferienendspurt.html">Modern Patch Monday @ Modern Cologne Quilters</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #000032;"><a href="https://lovelaughquilt.blogspot.com/2019/07/monday-making.html">Monday Making @ Love Laugh Quilt</a></span></div>
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Depending on how you look at it, my<a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/06/one-monthly-goal-june-2019.html"> June One Monthly Goal</a> was either really easy or really hard. It was easy in the sense that all I had to do was sit back and watch the movers pack up the craft room in my beloved de Jong Dream House. But realistically, it was really hard because change is hard. Whether or not you choose it or are chosen for it, change is a disruption to normal. Living with a brain injury, for me, means that routine and organization are necessary for me to function reasonably well. Moving is chaos, and I don't function well in chaos.</div>
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I mentioned in my original post that once we knew we were moving, my goal was to finish a specific few more quilts before moving day. I could not have cut it any closer!</div>
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In May, I was able to finish three quilts.</div>
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<a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/05/quilt-128-big-lake-blooms-may-2019-one.html">Big Lake Blooms</a> was sent to my hometown in Minnesota for a fundraiser.</div>
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<a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/05/quilt-129-theos-milestone-quilt.html">Theo's Milestone Quilt </a>made it home to its new owner in time to commemorate his first month of life. </div>
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June is when things got hairy! I had one quilt left to finish, the school year was ending, and the movers were set to arrive a week earlier than we originally planned.</div>
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The night before the movers came, I had the top of <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/04/coded-thank-you.html">Coded Thank You</a> pinned and ready to quilt, and the binding prepared. </div>
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I should have saved myself some time and made a single print binding, but I was deep into my code theme and lots of little pieces to say "thank you" in Morse Code. </div>
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I woke up ridiculously early on moving day to start quilting. </div>
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By the time the moving truck arrived at 10, the quilting was mostly done. Much to Niels' chagrin, I would pack for 20 minutes, then quilt for 5 minutes. I really wanted to finish the quilt before moving because I knew it would take a few days (weeks? months?) before I would be settled enough to quilt in the new house.</div>
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We actually moved in two days. On the first day, we cleared out the second floor (bedroom and craft room) and lower level (so many books, and memory totes, and media!). The crew came back a week later to get everything that was left on the main level. So on this day, I was packing up the bedrooms and bathrooms upstairs, as well as my craft room during my intervals. </div>
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By the time the truck was filled and ready to make the first trip up to the Lake House, I had finished quilting. </div>
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By this point, the tough-looking movers were cheering me on. But they had a job to do. I was able to get my binding attached while they took the bowling alley top of my craft table. </div>
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While the guys wrestled with that beast, I used the unbored door that used to be the top of my craft table to clip and iron the binding.</div>
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When we returned for the second load, I ran upstairs to finish the binding while the crew removed items from my room.</div>
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It really came down to the wire.</div>
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The room was nearly empty by the time I finished.</div>
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And just like that, the craft room at the de Jong Dream House has become a bedroom in someone else's house.</div>
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We've been completely moved into the de Jong Lake House for ten days and it's still chaos. As expected, I have not done any sewing. I have been running on adrenaline for so long that my brain just gave up. So I've been doing a lot of sleeping and only a little bit of unpacking. Our new kitchen cabinets are installed, but we don't yet have appliances or counter tops. Our new family foyer has been painted and has flooring installed, but no cabinetry. So that means we have mudroom, laundry, pantry, and kitchen items in our bedroom, and our "kitchen" is a couple of portable tables with disposable dishes, a crock pot, and toaster. It's overwhelming but the end is in sight. </div>
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Also overwhelming is the current state of the new craft room, Vesper View Studio.</div>
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Maybe making sense of that mess will be my July OMG.</div>
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To see more pictures of my progress, check out <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/vesperviewstudio/">#VesperViewStudio</a> on Instagram. To see what I'm currently working on, follow me at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dejongdreamhouse/">deJongDreamHouse</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/05/one-monthly-goal-may-2019.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Previous OMGs</a><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></div>
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<a href="https://www.elmstreetquilts.com/2019/06/one-monthly-goal-june-finish-link-up.html">Elm Street Quilts</a></div>
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<i>Tuesday:</i></div>
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<a href="https://www.cleverchameleon.com.au/colour-of-music/#more-10603">Colour & Inspiration Party @ The Clever Chameleon</a></div>
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<a href="http://stitchallthethings.com/to-do-tuesday-6-25-19-its-been-a-whirlwind/">To Do Tuesday @ Stitch All the Things</a></div>
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<i>Wednesday:</i></div>
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<a href="https://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.com/2019/06/lets-bee-social-274.html">Let's Bee Social @ Sew Fresh Quilts</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.quiltfabrication.com/2019/06/midweek-makers-181.html">Midweek Makers @ Quilt Fabrication</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.inquiringquilter.com/questions/2019/6/26/wednesday-wait-loss-125" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Wednesday Wait Loss @ The Inquiring Quilter</a></div>
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<a href="http://frombolttobeauty.blogspot.com/2019/06/rainbow-bright-beauties-pageant-38.html">Beauties Pageant @ From Bolt to Beauty</a></div>
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<a href="http://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com/2019/06/patriotic-finished-friday-tgiff.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Finished Friday @ Quilty Girl</a><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></div>
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<a href="http://busyhandsquilts.blogspot.com/2019/06/gooseberry-pie-quilt-finished-or-not.html">Finished or Not Friday @ Busy Hands Quilts</a></div>
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<i></i><a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2019/06/off-wall-friday.html">Off the Wall Friday @ Nina Marie</a></div>
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<a href="https://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2019/06/can-i-get-whoop-whoop-something-to.html">Whoop Whoop Friday @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict</a></div>
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<i>Saturday:</i></div>
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<a href="http://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2019/06/scraphappy-saturday_29.html">Scrap Happy Saturday @ So Scrappy</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.tishnwonderland.com/2019/06/ufo-busting-65.html">UFO Busting @ The Madd Quilter</a></div>
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<i>Sunday:</i></div>
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<a href="http://whatahootquilts.blogspot.com/2019/06/welcome-to-link-up-for-boms-away_30.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">BOMs Away @ What a Hoot</a><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></div>
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Well friends, the end is near! We are just a few days from <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2019/04/a-new-dream.html">moving out of our beloved de Jong Dream House</a> and into the de Jong Lake House. D has graduated from his beloved elementary school and Mom is already moved into the new house.</div>
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I am spending my last days in the Dream House packing and crying. I have loved it here. My OMG for June is to pack up my craft room. If you haven't seen it in it's glory, you can <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2016/06/my-new-improved-craft-room.html">take a tour here</a>.</div>
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When we sold the house, I made a list of quilts I wanted to finish in this special room. When I'm done, the tally will be 126 quilts made here in just shy of six years. </div>
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As much as I have enjoyed this space, I think I will LOVE my new space, Vesper View Studio. </div>
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Since taking possession, we have replaced the carpet with cork, and painted the sunny yellow stripes on the wall Sherwin Williams Vesper Violet. We are replacing the can lights with 5000K daylight panels this week--I hope--and then I'm ready to move in! That may be next month's goal!</div>
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Back to packing!</div>
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To see more pictures of my progress, check out <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/vesperviewstudio/">#VesperViewStudio</a> on Instagram. To see what I'm currently working on, follow me at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dejongdreamhouse/">deJongDreamHouse</a>.</div>
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Back in 2013, I was talking to a few moms at my MOPS group about preschool options. One mom told me about a hidden gem that I hadn't heard of before. It's a community choice school, which means it's a public school (no tuition!). It followed the state guidelines, but had some flexibility in how they achieved those goals. It had a STEM focus, and used project-based learning. I was intrigued. </div>
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So one day, about six years ago, I picked up D from the preschool he attended four hours a week at our church and we drove over to the new school. I was only four years into motherhood and new to the world of pick up lines. As it turned out, I had arrived just as the school day was getting out. D and I walked into the school and were greeted by a bewildered staff member who wondered why we were there. </div>
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I'm sure I said something like, "I heard there was a school here and wanted to check it out." The woman, who later learned was Miss Jennifer, patiently asked me to hang out while parents picked up their kids and we'd talk when things settled down. At that building, there was an indoor pond by the front door with books on display. D, age 4, picked up a book and quietly read until Miss Jennifer was free to give us a tour. </div>
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The school was as wonderful as I had hoped and D had a blast reading all the signs in the rooms and along the hallway. I asked when he could enroll and was disappointed to learn that there was a waitlist. I filled out the paperwork and began our wait. </div>
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A few months later, we got the call that there was an opening and D could start in October. Fast forward six years, and my little boy is now a decade old and a few short days from the end of his elementary career. And still, when we arrive, or when we check him out, Miss Jennifer is the friendly face that greets us.</div>
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When I first started working through the list of teachers and staff for whom I would make quilts, I knew I wanted to make a quilt for Jennifer that would convey how she is the thread that stitches all the pieces of our school together. She may not be known as well as our teachers or principal, but her quiet work behind the scenes is what makes our community run smoothly. I spent awhile thinking of a pattern that would show her connection to everyone else at school. </div>
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I remembered a stunning quilt I saw at a quilt show a few years back. It's called Omigosh by the late <a href="https://thequiltshow.com/daily-blog/142-newsletter/25388-in-memorium-sue-garman">Sue Garman</a>. I wish I had a chance to have met her when she was alive. I'm sure we unknowingly crossed paths at the Quilt Festival in 2014. Both Sue and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Garman">her husband, Jack</a> were legends at NASA. I would have loved to have heard her stories about NASA and quilting. </div>
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I remember being stopped in my tracks when I saw the quilt because the pieces were SO tiny. I started a version of Omigosh a few years ago. The squares of the nine-patches finish at 1/2"!</div>
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I saw a "supersized" version another quilter made and thought it would be fun to make one of both. </div>
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My Omigosh is going to take years, I suspect. Especially because anything I try to make for myself tends to get sent to the end of my to do queue. As I made the first two supersized blocks--which are still pretty small with nine patches made of 1" squares--I thought of who would be worthy of a quilt this time consuming. Miss Jennifer, of course!</div>
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Jennifer's favorite color is blue, so I made all of the churn blocks in shades of blue. </div>
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I laid them out so that the light blue blocks would make a heart. The reality turned out a little more subtle than I had planned. I wanted each block to be different, and my goal this year was to only use my stash. I am drowning in blue prints, so I'm happy and somewhat shocked that I had this many blue prints!</div>
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For the nine patches, I used blues from each of the churn blocks from squares for each of the 12 school quilts I have made over the last six years. </div>
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I had the idea to use scraps from the other teacher quilts a few quilts ago so some of the strips were already set aside, but it probably took two weeks of sorting through my bins to find at least 2 strips from each quilt!</div>
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For the other scraps, I thought of the quilt as a sort of I Spy quilt with some fun fussy cut blocks. </div>
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A few Dutch squares to remind her of the de Jong family.</div>
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This little Viking was featured on the <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2015/02/quilt-40-little-people-quilt-part-1.html">school quilt </a>I made, and is a nod to my Minnesota roots.<br />
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Of course, we are in Ohio, so I included local sports teams, too.<br />
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l didn't want her to forget my aspiring rocket scientist, so there are a few blocks for him.<br />
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And finally, I have a little nod to <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2013/04/rag-quilt-tutorial-for-sewing-newbie.html">the first quilt I ever made</a>. </div>
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D happily did his part to impart love into the quilt by being the first to sleep under it. </div>
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When he was awake, he used the quilt as a background for a fun impromptu photo shoot. </div>
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So hard to believe his days at SCOPE are ending. So many transitions in the days and weeks ahead.</div>
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Thank you Miss Jennifer, and all the teachers and staff members who pour their hearts into their kids. </div>
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<a href="http://www.inquiringquilter.com/questions/2019/7/10/wednesday-wait-loss-127">Wednesday Wait Loss @ The Inquiring Quilter</a></div>
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<i></i><a href="http://www.esthersquiltblog.com/2019/07/wow-whipping-up-winter-collar.html">WIPs on Wednesday @ Esther's Blog</a></div>
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<a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2019/07/off-wall-friday_11.html">Off the Wall Friday @ Nina Marie</a></div>
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<a href="friday: Beauties Pagean @ From Bolt to Beauty Finished or Not Friday @ Busy Hands Quilts Off the Wall Friday @ Nina Marie Whoop Whoop Friday @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict Saturday: UFO Busting @ The Madd Quilter"><i></i>UFO Busting @ The Madd Quilter</a></div>
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<i>Monday:</i><br />
<a href="https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/2019/07/design-wall-monday-july-15-2019.html">Design Wall Monday @ Small Quilts & Doll Quilts</a><br />
<i></i><a href="https://www.cookingupquilts.com/mcm-160-an-unplanned-break-and-several-finished-projects/">Main Crush Monday @ Cooking Up Quilts</a><br />
<a href="https://moderncolognequilter.blogspot.com/2019/07/mpm-sechs-wochen-pause.html"><i></i>Modern Patch Monday @ Modern Cologne Quilters</a><br />
<a href="https://lovelaughquilt.blogspot.com/2019/07/monday-making_14.html">Monday Making @ Love Laugh Quilt</a><br />
<a href="https://emsscrapbag.blogspot.com/2019/07/moving-it-forward_15.html">Moving It Forward @ Em's Scrap Bag</a></div>
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We are t-minus 10 days from moving into the Lake house and t-minus 5 days of D's elementary school career. Lots of crazy going on around here. I'm checking lists of lists of lists to try to keep everything straight!</div>
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One pressing item is my list of quilts to finish in my current craft room before I settle into my new studio. I try not to look at it or the packing will never get done! </div>
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Today I'm sharing a milestone quilt I made for a special couple. Six years ago, my nervous boy was warmly welcomed by his pre-K teacher Miss Anne.<br />
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This year, as a fourth grader, Miss Anne's husband Mr. Reiman is his principal. </div>
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The first teacher quilt I ever made went to Miss Anne. It is an <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2013/12/quilt-13-reversible-i-spycheckers-quilt.html">I Spy/Checkers quilt.</a></div>
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When their first child was born, I made <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2013/12/quilt-13-reversible-i-spycheckers-quilt.html">Charlie's Choo Choo</a> for him.</div>
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And now Charlie is a big brother. I had been wanting to make another milestone quilt because I have had a few requests for my original pattern. I was able to take some careful notes and will be looking for pattern testers once we are settled in the Lake House and I have caught my breath!</div>
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This is the third milestone quilt I've made. The first two also went to staff members at D's school. </div>
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The <a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2017/01/quilt-73-zekes-first-year-quilt.html">original one </a>went to D's dance teacher.</div>
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<u></u><u></u><u></u>The<a href="http://www.dejongdreamhouse.com/2017/02/quilt-75-weaver-first-year.html"> second one</a> went to a teacher of another hub (multi-age classroom). D's school is very small, so even though Mrs. Weaver didn't teach D directly, they know each other well. </div>
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D's doll, Mark Watney, still pulls modeling duty when baby quilts are ready to be delivered. </div>
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I'm still playing around with fabric placement. Each of the quilts I've made is slightly different, but I think I will include a coloring sheet with the pattern so quilters can decide how they want to vary the design.</div>
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This is a pretty easy quilt to put together, unless you are moving and renovating a new house at the same time! I wanted to make a version in shades of blue, and chose two directional prints (plus a directional backing). Nothing like to doing things the hard way.</div>
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Because I'm only working in small bits of time between everything else, I got my prints confused and ended up having to redo all my number blocks. Uff da!</div>
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Ultimately, it all came together, and baby Theo will have his quilt before his one month milestone. The idea for the quilt as I saw all the ways new parents showed their baby's monthly (or yearly) growth. I've seen monthly pictures with the same stuffed animals, with stickers or special onesies, with chalkboard and letter boards and all sorts of different ways. </div>
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At the same time, I've seen lots of alphabet quilts, but number quilts aren't nearly as popular. Because Miss Anne is a preschool teacher, I love the idea of her having a quilt to teach numbers as well as to mark Theo's milestones. </div>
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With the other two quilts, I made a taggy frame to indicate the milestone.</div>
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This time I decided to give a frame I found at Joann. </div>
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Then I found this cute billboard with dry erase on one side and chalk board on the other.</div>
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And then, I was at Target and found this cute arrow...</div>
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...next to these adorable little socks!</div>
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So, I'm going to give them options!</div>
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As always, D slept with the quilt to make sure there was lots of extra love in it.</div>
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And finally, for the label, I couldn't resist using the precious photo of Theo as the background.</div>
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Isn't this the cutest?</div>
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