Welcome
to
M-Cubed Ventures(dot)com!
Being as I am now
retired from my Day Job, I'm turning a couple of long-time hobbies into
a
Small Business.
I've been making
and designing quilts for years, but now I'm working-up patterns and
instructions on several of my more popular creations.
In case you are a
beginning-quilter, here
is an
introduction to the history and
techniques of the craft.
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SUNRISE/SUNSET
or, 'The Grandbaby Tracker'
I've done over a dozen of these for various friends, and it is a good
beginner-piece.
The square blocks can be 8-inch panel prints: good practice on straight
seams and precisely-joined corners.
The oblong top block is strip-pieced, with small pieces applique'd on
top.
The stem of the sunflower is a dressmaker's tape measure.
These come in green nowadays, by the way.
The head of the sunflower is actually a picture frame, so it is the
most complex piece, but there are lots of how-to pictures.
Finished size appx 16" x 60"
$8.50, including postage
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SCRAPPY
CHRISTMAS TREE
Wall Quilt
I made the first one of these for myself, when we downsized from a
house into an apartment and suddenly there was not floor space to put
up a standard tree.
Run a spring-tension curtain rod through the hanging sleeve and mount
it in a window.
This is not a first-quilt project: the Log Cabin blocks which form the
tree are made up of 1" and 1.5" strips, which require fairly precise
stitching, and the base strip involves pieces set on a 45-degree tilt.
The star at the top has 9 gores all coming together in the middle.
Finished size appx 24" x 43"
$8.50, including postage
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FLYING
IVORY-BILLS
Wall or lap Quilt
This is a variant of the traditional "Flying Geese" pattern, inspired
by the rediscovery, in 2004, of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker in eastern
Arkansas.
This one *could* be a first-quilt for someone already familiar with
machine-sewing. The "birds" and the border triangles are strip-pieced.
Finished size appx. 48" x 54"
$8.50, including postage |
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FOUR
SEASONS
wall quilt
This is not-at-all a beginner piece.
It is a modification of a classic Blazing Star/Lone Star into a
12-point star which is applique'd onto the pieced background at a very
specific tilted angle. There are zodiac signs quilted into the
border, and hanging sleeves on all four edges, so it can be rotated as
the year progresses.
Finished size appx 45" square
$8.50, including postage |
I
also sing. Folk-type music.
This is a collection of
songs written by friends of mine, about characters from literature,
legend, and sometimes even Real Life, from Gilgamesh to Harry Potter.
INDIVIDUAL
ORDERS: $17
This includes
postage and handling to the Lower Forty-Eight of the United
States. For international orders, email me and we'll figure out
how-best to get it to you.
To order by email, go to PayPal and
send
$17 to "msminlr@gmail.com"
Include your
order
information in the space where it asks for a message.
What I need to
know to process
your order:
Your name and mailing address
How many CD's do you want
How much money you are sending
Mark Horning has posted a review of the CD here.
WHOLESALE
[to dealers] $10
The
standard [6" cube] box I’m using
for shipping to dealers will hold 12 CD’s.
Wholesale price for this =
$120 + shipping and handling.
I'm
pretty-well centrally located in the US: $3.50 [which includes
the cost of the box] will get the box of CD's most places within the
Lower 48 at the Media Mail rate.
If
you need it faster (or further-away), email
me with details and I’ll get a price.
If I will see you at a convention
soon, you are not stuck with N=12 for a dealer-order.
Let me know how many to bring and there
won’t be any shipping charge.
I’m currently set up
to
take payments via credit card
only through PayPal.
Their
processing charge is now cheaper
than a
postage stamp to mail me a check.
Payment through PayPal
or by money order will get you shipment the day I receive the payment.
I also take personal checks, but cautiously: I will make sure the check
is cleared before actually mailing a large order.
If you have any
questions, or to
place orders, email me
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Songs
on
this CD:
Legends
Orpheus’ Song
Caretakers
Gimme Those Old Child Ballads
Roxane
Puck’s Song
Song from the Pigs’ Side
Monsters in the Night
The White Whale
The Miracle Worker
Quest [Grugan of the Regulars]
Jabberwocky
Laughter from the Loch
Operation Desert Storm
Fellowship Going South
Daddy’s Little Girl
Just a Boy Named
Harry
Second Star to the Right
Imagination |
If you are curious about my OTHER hobbies, here's the link.
10 November 2012
