Dye Transfer, News and Begging

Hi guys. Wow, I promised to be a better blogger and failed spectacularly. Ya'll have to forgive me though because my husband is back in town for all too short of a period (some of which I won't even be around for) and that takes priority. The weather has been pretty miserable for him, rain and gray skies. Not even cooling rain - it's hot and humid.

In my last post I mentioned the dye transfer on my LAWS quilt. Here's one of the blocks in particular where it is noticeable, the purple in the L moving over into the pink (click to embiggen):

Some of you commented about Color Catchers. Oh, believe me I love those and use them lots. When I'm washing a finished quilt I'll put two boxes worth in. My friend Kathy has heard that you can thread baste a Color Catcher onto a problem area of your quilt and that will help. sigh.

Speaking of LAWS - I finished all the hand-quilting this week. Woohoo! Finished the quilting on my One Patch with Strings too (I'd set it aside to work on LAWS).  Now to get the bindings on.

Onto the news: Season 9 of The Quilt Show has been announced. Yours truly is featured in ep 907 which debuts at the end of September. We'll get a special code so ya'll can watch that one for free for a week, but take a look at that list and maybe subscribe to the whole thing (if you haven't already).

Anyone going to the AQS Quiltshow in Knoxville this month? (Holy cow, this month? How did it get to be July already?). If so you'll be able to see my quilt Rumspringa, fingers crossed. I'd love for you to take a photo of you (and friends) standing in front of it waving at me and then post it somewhere or email to me. That would be a hoot.

Meanwhile I'm getting ready to go to the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. I get to spend time with LeeAnn of Nifty Quilts and then we'll head down for Quilters' Affair along with a bunch of her Rebel friends. I'm hoping to spend time with Jessica and Kristin and hopefully bump into Bonnie. Anyone else going?

Now we come to the begging portion of this blog post. I would love if some of ya'all could send me fabric:

Type: ugly or outdated, or boring, what-the-heck-was-I-thinking, I'm-tired-of-having-this-in-my-stash fabric.

How much: 1 1/2" wide - any length from square up to 11" long
                    2 1/2" wide - any length from square up to 11" long

Either width works, don't need the same fabric in each.

I would also love some letters (which can be left as is or completed - scrappy log cabin-style - as 5 1/2" blocks) that include somewhere in them the kind of fabric I just mentioned.

very scrappy capital letters: L,V, H, X and some E's and O's (I need more of the latter two letters than the others). These should be basic beginner letters (no fancy fonts).

wonky heart 5 1/2 blocks. You can use the Crumby Heart Tutorial here.

{updated to add: I don't need everyone to send all of that, seriously.  Just five short strips of ugly fabric would be fab, for instance. or a single letter....}

Sorry I can't tell you what this is about. If you want more details, just email me or put it in the comments. Also, I've really noticed that people tend to use more packaging than needed. Lots of times a business sized envelope or craft envelope work out great.

I've recently discovered the fun of Pinterest. (Haven't tried it? Well go see Tonya's Pinterest.) It's really brought home to me the need for including watermark information on photos. (Darn you iPhoto for not including that capability!)

I'm going out to lunch with my sweetie so I need to wrap this up quick. Later!