tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60532845547793360102024-03-13T00:59:11.122-05:00Where Creativity BlossomsPersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.comBlogger1034125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053284554779336010.post-62370024258367066422012-06-10T10:22:00.001-05:002012-06-10T10:22:36.649-05:00Where Have I Been?Well – I made a big decision.  I’m re-branding myself from Kim’s Crafty Apple into ‘Persimon Dreams.’  I’ve been contemplating this for quite awhile now and a few things that have happened recently encouraged me to make the move – and it’s done!  You can now find me at: www.PersimonDreams.com www.facebook.com/PersimonDreams www.twitter.com/PersimonDreams www.pinterest.com/PersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053284554779336010.post-90173880172430263902012-06-05T12:01:00.001-05:002012-06-05T12:01:22.084-05:00Patriotic FUN!If anyone reads this that is from Wisconsin I am sure you are well aware that you need to get out and Vote in today’s recall election.  I’m not going to write about my political views on here but I am going to say this – if you don’t vote, you can’t complain about what’s going on. To start our morning off we’re heading to Cedi’s 4K picnic.  I had to sign up for a dish to pass a few PersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053284554779336010.post-58954149279854160382012-06-04T11:00:00.001-05:002012-06-04T11:00:13.437-05:00Monday Update – BOM and QAL’s, Body Step, Weight Watchers, Long Arm Quilting, and Judy MartinHappy Monday everyone!  I am just back from doing BodyStep at the gym this morning.  I’m a WeightWatcher and there running a new ‘Live Life Active’ campaign.  Working out hasn’t really been an issue for me – I really do enjoy it but this new campaign has relit the fire in me and I’ve made a huge point to make sure I get to the gym.  Last week I earned 63 activity points! PersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053284554779336010.post-54952338831822842182012-06-01T21:04:00.001-05:002012-06-01T21:04:18.619-05:00Celebration Quilt – the Last Round and Quilt Top Reveal I had the center medallion created and the second round finished – it is time for the last round!  Before I got into picking the colors for the final round I had to make some more Kaleidoscopes.  I’m going to have to incorporate these into quilts more often – I love how much a fabric design can change with just a simple turn of a print!Most of the colors for the final round were PersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053284554779336010.post-79685144618680271482012-05-30T13:47:00.001-05:002012-05-30T13:47:15.924-05:00Spinning Nines Tutorial – A New Block and A Pieced & Quilted Table Runner  I used the fabric line Dandelion Daydream by Mayberry for this fantastic new Table Runner.  It’s not my typical choice for fabrics but when I saw it I knew I had to have it and make something with it! I just love these colors together – so classic and rich.    Well – in my dreams I came up with a new ‘spin’ on the nine patch. Most of us quilter’s know how to make a PersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053284554779336010.post-36200103474536921972012-05-28T16:26:00.001-05:002012-05-28T16:26:42.103-05:00Celebration - KaleidoscopingA highly impacting factor to the Celebration Quilt that we’re making for the 2012 Quilts by Barb Quilt Retreat Get Away Weekend is the Kaleidoscoping blocks we’re using in our quilt instead of the original pattern.  Below I showed you some mosaics of the Kaleidoscopes I made.  The first picture on the left is the original block – the pictures to the right are all the blocks that I PersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053284554779336010.post-87364850803840726072012-05-27T21:37:00.001-05:002012-05-27T21:37:31.502-05:00Home Sweet Home – Happy Neighborhood Sashing TutorialHappy Neighborhood is basically the same as Suburbs but I’ll go through it anyways.  For this sashing, I also used the house print from Suzy Ultman’s Appleville Collection for Robert Kaufman.  Any house with trees print fabric you have would work as long as they comfortably fit in the 3.5” x 12.5” sashing strip. Cutting Instructions: 1 – 3.5” x 12.5” sashing strip Directions:PersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053284554779336010.post-7551521361104509542012-05-26T20:56:00.001-05:002012-05-26T20:56:22.510-05:00Home Sweet Home – Suburbs Sashing Tutorial For this sashing, I used the house print from Suzy Ultman’s Appleville Collection for Robert Kaufman.  Any house print fabric you have would work as long as they comfortably fit in the 3.5” x 12.5” sashing strip. Cutting Instructions: 1 – 3.5” x 12.5” sashing strip Directions: BEFORE you cut our your house, iron on your preferred fusible to the back of your fabric (I’m a Heat ‘n’ Bond PersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053284554779336010.post-89281498655848853342012-05-24T21:49:00.001-05:002012-05-24T21:49:35.579-05:00Home Sweet Home – Window Trees Sashing TutorialThe next sashing I’m going to show you for your Home Sweet Home Quilt is very similar to the Window Panes Sashing with just a minor difference.   Cutting Instructions: Fabric 1 (light): 2 – 1.5” squares, 2 – 1.5” x 3.5” rectangles Fabric 2 (dark): 1 – 1.5” square Fabric 3 (light): 2 – 1.5” squares, 2 – 1.5” x 3.5” rectangles Fabric 4 (dark): 1 – 1.5” square for the ‘trunk blocks’ PersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053284554779336010.post-16929922862231012442012-05-23T13:27:00.001-05:002012-05-23T13:27:44.563-05:00Blogger’s Quilt Festival – Time to Nominate and VoteOnce again Amy’s Creative Side hosted a HUGELY successful Blogger’s Quilt Festival with 621 Quilts on display from Blogger’s all over!  I was happy to share with everyone my freshly finished Bloom Quilt (21).  It is now time to nominate quilts for different categories and of course – vote for the viewer’s choice (ahem…Bloom is number 21)…   To cast your vote for your favorite goPersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053284554779336010.post-25315661216626927622012-05-22T20:51:00.001-05:002012-05-22T20:51:34.344-05:00BOM & QAL – Tuesday UpdateWelcome to Tuesday night and my last blog post of the day…just trying to catch up.  Not much progress but wanted to share with you all anyway… 2012 8-inch Sampler Quilt from all different Quilt Along’s, Block’s of the Months, and my Own Ideas! I have two of every block made for the Blogger’s BOM – in just 3 days another new block pattern should be coming out – can’t wait! I finished the PersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053284554779336010.post-60630715634530163782012-05-22T20:34:00.001-05:002012-05-22T20:34:15.200-05:00Home Sweet Home – Cornerstones from Hawthorne ThreadsI’m not sure if anyone has noticed but I now have blog sponsors!  Yeah! It’s such an exciting step in my blogging life.  Now I can also justify all the time I spend on my computer to my husband (or at least some of the time…)   Anyway, a couple of weeks ago I shared with you possible cornerstone fabrics for the Home Sweet Home Quilt Along you can find at one of my sponsors sites PersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053284554779336010.post-90630447192278944982012-05-22T16:50:00.001-05:002012-05-22T16:50:32.606-05:00Vintage Hexagon Quilt Find!It’s been a weekend full of cuteness and sadness but now that things are getting back to normal I have some fun posts to share with you.  I was so excited when I found this quilt at the first Vintage Flea and Find Market hosted by Glitter Workshop.  So – the quilt is pretty big so please forgive that I didn’t get the best overall picture of it…but here it is! All the pieces you see PersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053284554779336010.post-64237414593962221382012-05-20T10:32:00.001-05:002012-05-20T10:32:42.295-05:00Home Sweet Home – 42. Split Hexie Tree SashingI don’t have the best tutorial or any for that matter for this sashing.  I’m showing you this to demonstrate that you really can use pretty much any leftover to create at least something.  Here’s the Split Hexie Tree Sashing between Block 14, Under the Apple Tree and Block 8, A Wonky Modern House.  I started this block with just a plain single strip that was 12.5” x 3.5”.  PersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053284554779336010.post-31404469213679295882012-05-18T06:29:00.001-05:002012-05-22T14:30:58.205-05:00Blogger’s Quilt Festival: Spring 2012 – 21. Blooming YoYo’s QuiltI started this quilt way back in February of 2011 when a friend of mine on etsy sent me the link for Amy Butler’s Bloom Pattern. As soon as I saw it I knew that I had to make this! It was one of my ‘nesting’ quilts that I made during the end of my pregnancy with my last little girl, Persimoni Mae. You’ll see that I tweaked my quilt just a pit from Amy’s pattern but I think it’s PersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053284554779336010.post-77712409160995628072012-05-17T14:37:00.001-05:002012-05-17T14:37:46.745-05:00Quilter’s TattooI have talked about this on my social websites but I have yet to post a picture.  On March 30th I got my first quilting tattoo.  I’d been drawing on my wrist for YEARS and I finally decided to go for it! Braided Hand-dyed Memory Wire Bracelet Yup – I got a spool of thread and needled tattooed onto my wrist – and I LOVE it!  Every time I see it I smile :)  It’s the perfect PersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053284554779336010.post-5167963680575795812012-05-17T12:44:00.001-05:002012-05-17T12:44:36.671-05:00Celebration – Round 2To see more about how I created the middle of this quilt check out my first POST.  It was time for round 2 of this gorgeous Celebration Quilt that we’re making at the 2012 Quilts By Barb Retreat Get Away Weekend.  Initially I thought I would make my stars in this turquoise and make the next strip around in a grey that went with the main fabric.  I rarely second guess myself – PersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053284554779336010.post-4329089658343242622012-05-15T21:58:00.001-05:002012-05-15T21:59:04.841-05:00Home Sweet Home – Hexagon TreesI went over where I learned about English Paper Piecing on my post for the Hexagon Forest Sashing Tutorial.  These are even easier since you don’t even sew the hexagons together! It’s free to sign up to be a Craftsy Member and the Block of the Month Program is also free.  I’m going to recommend that you watch Amy’s tutorial to see how to make these hexagon’s.  (PS. when you becomePersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053284554779336010.post-41079410928167989142012-05-14T21:21:00.001-05:002012-05-14T21:21:04.112-05:00Face Painting FunThis is one of those posts that I’m overlapping between blogs.  The face painter at our orchard was so talented and fun I just had to share it on this blog too! Capri was so, so, so happy with her face – you rarely see her smile and show her teeth! At this weekends Apple Blossom Days we had a wonderful face painter – Angela from Be Bold and Amazing.  The girls had such a wonderful PersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053284554779336010.post-80734366674774079292012-05-12T22:05:00.001-05:002012-05-12T22:05:15.666-05:00BOM & QAL – Saturday Update Happy Saturday night everyone!  My next goal before this update was to get 3 more 8-inch blocks done for my sampler quilt.  And I did…so welcome to this Saturday’s update – I would love to hear what you think of them so far! 2012 8-inch Sampler Quilt from all different Quilt Along’s, Block’s of the Months, and my Own Ideas! I have two of every block made for the Blogger’s BOM PersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053284554779336010.post-1078996639641231192012-05-11T22:36:00.001-05:002012-05-11T22:36:08.809-05:00What’s Your Style: Burlesque from Wikipedia Burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects.  The word derives from the Italian burlesco, which itself derives from the Italian burla – a joke, ridicule or mockery. Here’s a treasury I created to show some of the ‘Burlesque’ items on etsy PersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053284554779336010.post-70373119191539569262012-05-11T20:50:00.001-05:002012-05-11T20:50:38.423-05:00Home Sweet Home – Four Square Sashing TutorialSince I only did one  easy-peasy sashing tutorial earlier (Four Rectangles) for the Home Sweet Home Quilt Along I figured I’d give you a bonus post and give you one more easy-peasy sashing tutorial.  This one is ingeniously named – Four Square Sashing and it’s the 4th sashing on the layout diagram.  Cutting Instructions: Cut 4 - 3.5” square blocks in fabrics that you used PersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053284554779336010.post-48550134896934893042012-05-11T20:20:00.001-05:002012-05-11T20:39:48.345-05:00Home Sweet Home – Four Rectangles Sashing TutorialI have a super easy-peasy sashing tutorial for the Home Sweet Home Quilt Along to share with you tonight.  I’m going to try to fill in the blanks of the sashing’s in order as best I can so today we’ll go to the first one – Four Rectangles. Cutting Instructions 4 – 2” x 6.5” rectangles in fabrics used in your main quilt blocks Sewing Instructions Sew two sets of rectangles together the PersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053284554779336010.post-72099342605081639822012-05-09T20:28:00.001-05:002012-05-09T20:28:55.639-05:00Home Sweet Home – Cornerstones from the Fat Quarter ShopI have created 49 different sashing designs for the Home Sweet Home Quilt Along.  There would be 25 cornerstone designs – if I was crazy.  Instead – I used a few pieced cornerstones but mostly I used fabrics that had either house or trees printed on them.  They just need to be 3.5” squares so this helped things going faster.  Since the squares aren’t so big, by mixing in PersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053284554779336010.post-38806762613002749222012-05-08T19:41:00.001-05:002012-05-08T19:41:19.922-05:00Quilt Show, Ballet Pictures, and the Singing Quilter – all in ONE day!And let’s not forget – I started the day by getting Cedi on the bus and getting Pip, Capri and myself to the gym on time for BodyStep and BodyPump before the real fun even started!After lunch and of course, Word World, I packed the girls up and we headed to the Heritage Quilt Show in Sun Prairie.  I snapped a picture of the girls in front of my favorite quilt of the show – this one just PersimonDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105015955842841242noreply@blogger.com2