#14 Technorati

Technorati Profile

I have just "claimed" my blog. I think that means if people do a search on the technorati site and happen to use a search term that I have used as a tag they may be lead to my blog. That reads like a bunch of gobbledygook doesn't it?
I am enjoying this "blogging" however does anyone read it???? The delicious site, the one with the full stops in strange places, was a bit of fun. It is interesting to see how many people use the same sites that you do. I really love www.taste.com.au, it is a great alternative to buying the magazines! I was actually lucky enough on the site to win a competition. I won a snazzy food processor just by answering a question. So now you can say you know someone who has won an Internet competition.

My Sewing
Well I had a bit of a run on today and actually did some of the quilt, I have intentions of getting to it again tomorrow so wish me luck!

As you see on my delicious posting I have mentioned EQ5. This is a software package allowing you to design quilts. I have been wanting to buy it for a while and have finally got it. (There is now EQ6) I have been playing around a bit with the software it, it has so many features that I have only experimented with a couple. I have ben designing a border for a mini round robin that I am in. The program allows you to colour in the pieces of a patchwork block and if you enter the size you want it will tell you exactly how much fabric is needed. I am having problems with the printing out stage, it seems to want me to print the entire quilt when all I want is the border. It is probably just a matter of re reading the instructions.

So what is a round robin you ask?
A round robin quilt for those who may not have heard of them is a quilt that is made by a group of quilters, a variation of doing friendship blocks. To start, everyone makes a block for the center. There can be all kinds of rules for size, color , theme, etc. The blocks are passed to someone else in the group. They add the first border. Then the next quilter adds the second. And so on, the organisers of a round robin usually use a "recipe" ie first round must contain triangles, second must contain applique etc etc.
I have been in 2 round robins where the centre block has been around 12 inch square, the mini one I am in is 3 inch square so this adds a further challenge. It is a fun way to do something a bit different.

Photos added....2 completed round robins and the mini centre (the purplish one)

#13 ....Del.icio.us

Number 12... Rollyo

I browsed this site and thought it was okay. I wasn't terribly excited and decided I really didn't need to sign up for it. Just another "gadget". Basically it lets you search sites you regularly visit from one spot. I use the "favorites" icon on my browser and think for my needs that is enough. The site by the way is www.rollyo.com

My sewing, well it is progressing slo.o.o.w.l.y. Isn't it amazing how you can always find something better to do when you really know you shouldn't. This weekend I have to make a start on sewing up some calico library bags. They are for children to decorate during in the July school holiday program. So once again the quilt, the dreaded quilt is going on the back burner. Any excuse will do!

Library Thing

Number 11 LIBRARY THING *** Today I had a look around librarything.com this site lets you catalogue books. It also has reviews, groups and gives you a chance to review books too. I catalogued 5 books today and they should appear on this post. There is another feature that looks like a bit of fun, it is a "suggester". For the books you have catalogued it will suggest books you might like as well, it also suggests books you probably wont like. I think this will be a site to add to my favorites - for all those "spare" moments!

On Line Image Generators

http://www.imagechef.com/ic/poem/ This is the link to the site which enabled me to make this flower. If you can read the quote you might recognise that it comes from "Alice in Wonderland".


There are a few different web sites to generate images, worth a play around.


SEWING
On a quilty note, I did some sewing over the last few days. Remember the bag I was making ... I have posted a photo for you. I used some fabric from a range that I wasn't all that excited about but when they were all put together it looked really great, hope the recipient liked it!


The dreaded Double Wedding Ring, I got to it too. When you are doing patchwork the seams generally are 1/4 of an inch. This is because patchwork has it's origins in the USA which uses the imperial system. To help patchworkers most sewing machine companies sell 1/4 inch preeser feet. These are the little feet like things that hold the fabric down. In total I have about 6 different feet, for zippers, butttons, embroidery etc. Well I was busy sewing along and kept thinking something is not quite right, you guessed it...the 1/4 inch foot I was using was the zipper foot. So now my seams are too big, as a resdult the the sewing is now sitting next to my table saying unpick me. I HATE unpicking!!!!!! I suppose that is why I got onto the computer. Nothing like procrastination.
Anyway I have made a decision...........I vow to have the quilt finished by the time I finish the 23 things learning blog!! Now I have set that in print I have to, don't I?

RSS FEEDS plus page elements

Well I made a blogline account and subscribed to a couple of feeds. I particulary liked the weather one, always had a bit of a fascination with weather. My home page on my computer at home is http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR023.shtml I like to see what is going on. When I was at school I did geography and we briefly touched on cloud shapes I wonder why we didn't do more weather stuff? After 5 years of learning about rice paddies I had had enough of geography so perhaps weather was taught in form 6 (year 12 to all you youngies out there.)

Whilst I have been playing around with bloglines I have been procrastinating and fiddling with a few other things, I added a page element with a link to my web page that I set up whilst at Box Hill TAFE. The link for some reason is right at the bottom of my blog.
I also read some of the blogs by other people in the library. Wow they are really good, I posted some comments on them, it seems a lot of travel is done by library people. It must be my turn soon.

Well I guess we did go away at Easter. Warrnambool, although not exotic is certainly a great place for a holiday. We did a lot of walking, we saw a light and laser show, played some tennis and just relaxed. The light and laser show was really interesting, it was all about the Lochard. A boat that sank in the area killing all but 2 people about 150 years ago. One of the survivors Tom Pearce actually survived three shipwrecks before dying in an accident on land. Can you imagine getting into a ship after one sinking? I wouldn't, let alone after 2 then 3.

OKAY I GIVE UP!

Help! RSS feeds... I have fiddled and fiddled and nothing is happening....well not in my brain anyway and certainly not on the computer. Maybe the computer is broken. Yes that is it. It couldn't be me, could it?

I think I will bury my self in bed, just like the picture and it will all go away ----

things always look better in the morning!