The best part of going to the movies in a theater was the previews of the coming attractions. If my movie companion was in no hurry to get to the show and said something inane like “don’t worry, the first twenty minutes are just previews”, I was aghast! The previews was one of the reasons I came! These snippets of movies help to decide which films were added to my movie bucket list. They also gave me an edge when others discussed a film I had not or would not see. “Wow, the special effects looked amazing!” “Or I am not a big fan of Angelina Jolie, what did you think of her in this film.” “The period costumes I saw in the previews were so detailed.”
Movie trailers –another name for previews, are available on streaming services like Netflix and Prime. My grandson’s standard answer before agreeing to watch a movie with the family is “Let’s look at the trailer before we decide.” And often trailers are inserted before the main feature on rented CD’s from Red Box and other venues. Trailers are very popular with many of us. According to Wikipedia Of some 10 billion videos watched online annually, film trailers rank third, after news and user-created video.[1].
True, previews/trailers can be misleading.—that snippet of the movie contained the only action in the entire movie. Or the viewer is lead to believe a particular favorite star has a major role but really just plays a cameo spot. So as in much of life–take it with a grain of salt!
Here are some future attractions by the Quilters at First; photos of future projects for sale. Projects in various stages of construction are shown—and even we seasoned quilters are amazed how a quilt can change with the addition of a border or quilting or binding. So watch future blogs posts for photos of the finished item and compare it to the preview you saw in January!
Paulette pieced this top using four different navy fabrics in a non traditional pattern. The hand quilters have marked the top, sandwiched it with batting and backing and loaded it onto the frame for the stitching to begin!
The traditional quilting design in navy thread will be the star of the show. The quilt is close to 100 inches square and would fit a queen or king bed.
The piecing of neutral beiges and taupes is done…now comes the appliquéing of huge white snow flakes. Much time was spent on the placement of these flakes–check future posts to see if they were moved –again!
This child’s quilt with psychedelic cats will be finished soon–but really, it doesn’t have to be for a child–I can see it in a lot of different places.
These two quilts were made with Kim Diehl fabrics–they are all ready for the long arm machine quilter to work her magic. The first one is “Flying Geese” and measures 60″ x 70″. The mosaic stars quilt is approximately 60″ x 60″.
Perfect for October! Just waiting for the final touches of quilting and binding.
When I ask the quilters for photos of their “works in progress”, Janis, our applicator extraordinaire, send me this photo of her design wall. This was not staged–she has this many projects brewing at the same time.
If you can tell, there are three blue background pieces stacked here. They are witches houses! A wall hanging with the three houses will have a lot of fun details added.
Another “fallish” wall hanging features a crow, a pumpkin and mason jars. (Hint–this could be hung in your home from Sept. to December–not just Halloween.)
I love geraniums. They are the strong sisters of summer flowers! The perfect fabric was selected —appliquéing will just add to the realistic feel.
These disgusted and judgmental cats are my favorite! Look at those eyes—you know what they are thinking! Sweater cats were part of a Let it Snow pattern but just too good to share space with something else. Can’t wait to see how they turn out.
“Garlic Knots” in rainbow colors needs three more blocks before the top can be finished and sent to the quilter. It is not sewn together in rows yet, so the finished top may be arranged differently.
The next post will have even more “previews”…quilters as a group have a tendency to start a new project before they finish a previous one, so we have many projects not yet ready for sale. But keep watching, we enjoy showing off our finished items as soon as they are completed. The best is yet to come!
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This is awesome! Thanks for the sneak peek!
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