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Design Wall Cleared for Action
I got the rows of Message in a Bottle all connected and got it off the design wall. I will show you a picture of that once I get the borders on. When you take a project down from your design wall, does it drive you crazy that there are a gazillion little threads…
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Long Road Home Blocks All Done
A free day equals lots of sewing time, and I made the most of it. What you see in the photo above are 90 Long Road Home blocks. Nine stacks of ten blocks each. This quilt is a diagonal set, and I plan to get it on the design wall some time today. I need…
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Sewing, Interrupted
I tried. I really tried. Sewing with a toddler under foot just isn't easy. I brought out the Janome, and trotted my Long Road Home project box up from the studio. My plan was to sew in the kitchen while I watched Eva play. She just wanted to climb up on my lap whenever I…
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Drowning in Strips
I feel as if I am drowning in strips for my pineapple blocks! I did get the lights all cut out and organized into labeled baggies over the weekend. After cutting for hours, I still do not have enough French General reds. I ordered 13 more fat quarters and that is just going to have…
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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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Nine Patch Nirvana
I am just a nine patch fool. I have about a hundred of these little guys all done, and think I need to stop now. It is amazing how meditative stitching away on these simple little blocks is. Huge blocks of time have elapsed before I even realize it. Of course. listening to an awesome…
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Trimming, Layouts, and Getting There
I went gangbusters on my Message in a Bottle blocks while I was on my quilting retreat. I finished the 42 pinwheel blocks before I left and finished up the 56 square in a square blocks while vacationing. Then they all had to be trimmed. Soon as I got home, I set up camp on…
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Blocks Finished
I am making real progress this week with my Message in a Bottle blocks. I have completed the square in a square blocks (56), the pinwheel blocks (42), and the pieced setting triangles (26). Soon, I will be putting these up on the design wall and sewing my rows together! This pattern is highly recommended…
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Message In a Bottle
I know every quilt I am currently working on is my favorite quilt ever. But this one really might be. There is something jewel like in the feel of this project. The pieces resemble facets of gem stones to my eye. Smokey quartz and sapphires. The design is so deceptively simple. It looks so complex,…
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It’s a Pinwheel Party!
I finished all the half square triangles for my pinwheel blocks. Woo hoo, it's a pinwheel party. A plethora of pinwheels. Plenty of trimming on these little guys, but so worth it to have them all come out a perfect 3 1/2 inches square. I am using my Precision Trimmer for the job. It really…