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Neptune Border
Hey. Not much going on here. Yesterday I worked on the piano key border for my Neptune quilt, which I had set aside for Madeline and Elizabeth. Gosh, this is a cheerful quilt! Puts a smile right on my face. Love this fabric collection by Tula Pink. It turns out that Tula Pink is not designing for…
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Spinning Straw Into Gold
Yes Sir, I can spin that straw into gold, and I think your name is Rumplestiltskin. I feel a bit like that poor girl who was locked away in a cell, spinning the hours away. My material is not straw, however, but bindings. Bindings. Miles and miles of bindings. Good gravy, I am not looking…
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The Backside of Quilting
This is an expensive hobby we share, isn't it? I had to go out and purchase the backings for three big quilts yesterday. Of course the quilts were all larger than 80 inches square, so I had to purchase yards and yards of fabric. I love it when the quilts finish around 72", and I…
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Stargazer Finished
I am thrilled with how this quilt came out. Thrilled! I could not have accomplished this without your suggestions, encouragement, and help with finding fabric. I feel like it is "our" quilt! How completely different it is from my first vision of blues, reds and browns. When that combination just wasn't working with my…
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Star Gazing
I have been having fun this past week. It was my birthday over the weekend, and I celebrated the day with my sister Kate, by going to a UFO (Unfinished Objects) sewing group. I think it may be going on a year since Kate and I attended this sewing group, of which we used to be "regulars". Kate…
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Off You Go, Elizabeth
I got Elizabeth off to the quilters finally. I swear it took me two weeks to buckle down and get the borders on this quilt! I put it on my bed and pretended it was all quilted and ready to snuggle under. Thank you Wendy of Quilting and Life for giving me this wonderful idea. I picked…
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Under the Deep Blue Sea
I have really switched gears with my Neptune quilt. I started out with the idea that I would use mostly medium and dark fabrics, and not add in a lot of contrasting lights. That was ok, but well, sorta dark overall. Then my fabric guru suggested that maybe the addition of some lights would really add…
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I Know It Was Right Here Somewhere…
Now that Elizabeth is all done (except for those last borders), I thought I would pull out another piecing project I started a few months ago. My Mojo/Ridiculously Cute Basket Blocks. I had completed all but three blocks; 33 out of the 36 I needed for the top. But, what the heck? Where were my…
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Now For the Carpets
Have you all heard of Material World? Created in 1994 in honor of the United Nations Year of the Family, it is an amazing pictorial journey all over the world, where people in various countries bring every single possession they own out in front of their house and pose for a picture. From country to…
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Oooh La La!
While the cabinets were being refinished, I holed up in my sewing room. Two great things happened. One, I finished a stunt sewing quilt top that I have been dragging out. Big sigh of happiness. Such adorable fabric, and when you see how cute this quilt is, you will want to make one too! But,…