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Christmas Gift Quilts 1 & 2
In the days leading up to Christmas, I thought it would be fun to share with you the quilts I am giving to my family members. Not all of these quilt tops were pieced in 2016. They were languishing in a box waiting to be quilted. This was the year it happened. Starting this past…
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Well, That Was Pretty Clear!
Goodness, thank you all so much for weighing in yesterday when I was having doubts about what to give my brother in law for Christmas. A full size quilt like I was giving everyone else or a smaller table topper? The majority of you by far said I should do for him as I was…
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Men and Quilts
You all know I've been having quilts quilted to give as Christmas gifts to my family this Christmas. My brother in law who lost his wife just a year and a half ago was posing a gift giving dilemma for me. Just before my sister passed away I gave her a beautiful quilt, which hopefully he…
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Happy Halloween!
My family's annual Halloween Party was Saturday night and I have to say it was a lot of fun. I know some of you enjoy seeing photos of the often clever costumes that the attendees come up with, so I thought I would share a few highlights. Eva wanted to be a doctor this year…
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Gone With the Wind
Honestly, it's been so long since I worked on these blocks I couldn't for the life of me remember the name of the quilt pattern when I went to type in the title of this blog post. Not Gone With the Wind, but Into the Wind. Or is it Against the Wind? Think lots of…
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Outer Border on Steam Punk
In honor of my Year of Getting It Done, I put the outer border on my Steam Punk quilt. This special quilt called for a border, but a subtle one. I think the off white print fits the bill, allowing the focus to be on those glorious spinning propeller blocks. This will go out for…
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Family Time
Since I haven't been doing much sewing, but feel obligated to provide some sort of blog content, I will tell you what I have been up to this past week. Mostly, I have been spending lots of time with my Eva lately. The school year where we live is winding up, and the graduation festivities are…
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Quilts Gifted
This past weekend I attended a baby shower for my nephew's wife. This expectant mom received so many wonderful gifts, I know she will be perfectly set up for her new arrival. I envied her the large group of friends she has, all who seem to have children of their own. She will have an…
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Spring Weekend
Did you all have a nice weekend? Hope so! The weather was spring like here, and we all gathered at my Dad's house for Easter Brunch. Gosh what a fun event that is. Everybody shares their signature brunch dish and we eat like kings. My nephew (whose wife is expecting the baby) made the salad…
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Get Over It
I mentioned that I have been in a bit of a slump, sewing-wise. I have just not felt inspired by much of anything lately. I have definitely been bored by a couple of the projects I have worked on recently. Log Cabins are cool, but not terribly interesting to work on, I have decided. Maybe…