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My Year in Quilts: 2019
I will be the first to admit this was an "off-year" for me as far as quilting was concerned. Recently, my daughter Sara was asking me why I was relatively unproductive in 2019, and I had to give it some thought before I answered her. I think there were several main reasons. First, I was…
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Bindings and Buns
I think I will be hand sewing bindings on for the next little while. I was so provoked that I did not have enough of the dark green border fabric for the binding on the Corn and Beans quilt. It was a little kit, and you would think they would have included that fabric in…
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Quilts in the Mail
I received some quilts in the mail from my quilters yesterday and had to share with you. They are a bit rumpled, just out of the boxes, but over the next few days I will get them pressed and trimmed and bound. I will have another chance to take better photos of them once they…
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Dazed and Confused
Oh boy. This quilt has been a process I tell you. I started it one, maybe two years ago and it has had me scratching my head from the get go. The instructions are fine. It is just me being super confused about the diagonal layout and frustrated by my choices of fabrics. It is…
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Two Blue Quilts
Amidst the craziness that is beginning to define this summer, I managed to dig out two quilts that I simply must send out for quilting. The one above I think I made ten years ago believe it or not. Yes, time to get that baby quilted. It is half square triangles set into stars and…
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Short Line
This is just a quick post on a quilt I have been enjoying lately. It is called Short Line, and is a pattern by Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. It was made with fabrics from various American Jane (Sandy Klop) collections, designed for Moda. It is a gorgeous quilt and although I have had it for…
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A Quilt For Her Sister
Several years ago I mentored a young friend for a year. She was working on her senior project for high school and wanted to learn how to quilt. She was an apt and eager student, and during the course of year, she completed several baby quilts which were donated to women in need who had…
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I Am a Slacker
I think one of the reasons I have been avoiding my sewing room is due to all the nearly finished projects that have been piling up over the past year. I don't know what finally got me up there, but I bit the bullet this weekend and attached the binding to 9 quilts. Yes 9. …
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Quilts Out For Quilting & Podcasts
I finally got myself in gear and sent these two little table toppers out for quilting. I shouldn't procrastinate-the sooner they are quilted, the sooner I can use them in my spring/summer decorating. I love the soft muted colors of the runner at the top of the picture. It is a Fig Tree pattern called…
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This and That
I had my tiny little table topper quilted, and it came out so cute! It is the perfect size for a candle or vase of flowers. Still need to do the binding, but at least I have the fabric and know where to find it. I needed more fabric for my Sweet Escape blocks, and…