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Checking In Before New Years
The huge Christmas Quilt Give Away went great. I didn't get any pictures of the presentations because it was total pandemonium when we opened our gifts at my dad's house on Christmas night. Everyone seemed to like what they got, so that was good. Oh, and my widowed brother in law? Who I was…
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Surfacing
Hi everyone. I have to say I am overwhelmed with the kind words and expressions of sympathy I have gotten from my blogging community in the past couple of weeks. To say that I appreciate it doesn't quite express the level of gratitude I feel towards all of you who took the time to say…
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Second Hand Clothes, A Finish
I am so pleased with this quilt. Every single bit of it, I love. The pattern is Second Hand Clothes by Bonnie Blue/Red Crinoline, and the fabrics mostly Kim Diehl designs over the past year or two. There is a vibrancy to the quilt that makes my eye dance over its surface. There is liveliness,…
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Pillow From Gay Pareee
Certainly I have been enjoying the inside of my new home, and getting it decorated for fall. However the outside has many charms as well, with wrap around covered porches and a very nice view. I bought some red citronella candles at the hardware store of all places, and love lighting them each evening and…
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Mission Accomplished
Well, no, it isn't finished, but I am making great progress on attaching the lattice on my Hill Country Baskets blocks. A reader commented on my last post that she could not see that fussy cutting the striped fabric for the lattice was worth all the trouble, but I could not disagree more. What would…
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Row Row Row Your Boat
Still working on sewing all those diagonal rows together for Message in a Bottle. I have two sections sewn together, and will get the five rows of the third section together this week. It is coming along! As I look at this quilt top, I am thinking what a great Friendship quilt it would make. …
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Happy New Year
Wishing you all a year of peace and good luck. May all your hopes and dreams come true!
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Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to all of you. Thank you so much for your comments, support and encouragement over the past year. You all add considerably to my life. I hope all your wishes come true for the holidays and the new year. I will be taking a blogging break until Jan 3, talk to you again…
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Making Up For Lost Time and PRIZES
Oh joy. Be still my heart. Look what arrived on my door step. My extra blacks and neutrals for my Halloween 1904 half square triangles. And you know what else? Eva took a super long nap today and I was able to finish all of them! The stars are now in alignment and the cosmos…
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The Projects, Part One
Thelma and I signed up for three classes in the four day week of course offerings the Buggy Barn provided. Initially, we intended only to sign up for the two quilt classes offered by Paula Barnes of Red Crinoline Quilts (formerly Bonnie Blue Quilts). Both of us are crazy for Civil War reproduction fabrics and…