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Blueberry Delight and Apple Sauce
It seems as if there are an awful lot of food references in quilting, don't you agree? The whole layer cake, honey bun, jelly roll thing, and so many patterns and fabric collections have food names. I wonder why we are so food-obsessed? At any rate, I finished my 8 Courthouse Steps paper pieced blocks…
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Sampler Spree Almost a Finish!
My Sampler Spree Quilt is almost finished! I have completed four out of the five quilt rows and sewn them together. Today I will get the last row on and send it off to be quilted. You can see the last row of blocks peeking out from underneath the quilt top. This quilt is a…
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Archie Went to the Groomer
Archie went to the groomer on Tuesday. No hair cut, but he did get a bath, a brushing, and a nail trim. According to the groomer, he was a good boy. He is super fluffy right now and looks like a stuffed toy. He is full of mischief, mostly jumping up on things and not…
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My Task This Week and Halloween Figs BOM
The next step in the Sampler Spree Quilt project is to sew each group of four blocks into a larger 13 1/2" block with lattices. Here are my first two blocks. 23 more to go! Next, these four block quadrants will be separated by another lattice of cream and brown Grunge fabric. This has been…
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Project Discovery
I was rummaging in my sewing room closet the other day and discovered an old project I had started, who knows how long ago. The project box was labeled "One Block Quilt". Upon further investigation, I learned that I had made over 150 of these little 4-inch blocks. There was no pattern in the box,…
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Flea Market and Helping Out at the Winery
Everyone must be thoroughly sick of my posting on the endless Sampler Spree blocks, so I will give you all a break from that topic while I wait for my lattice fabric to arrive. In the meantime, I have the blocks all up on my design wall and keep seeing blocks I want to re-make…
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Sampler Spree Light Blue and Dark Orange Blocks
Monday was productive in the sewing room. I finished my fifteen light blue blocks. Then I finished my dark orange blocks! Now, I have been working on this project for a couple of years and had many of the blocks already made. For most of my colorways, I only needed to make less than six…
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Lots of Finishes in the Works
I have lots of finishes in the works at the moment. I hadn't really realized just how many projects I had that were nearly done. I got the containment border on the Red Sampler quilt, and am just waiting for an Etsy order to be delivered with the border fabric. I am going with a…
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Resurrecting Red Sampler
I had the best weekend. I sewed for hours and got so much done. My Designer Mystery 2022/23 top just has one more row to attach and the center of the top will be together. The next step is to add a navy containment border and the outer border. Kathy's fabric arrived super quick! To…
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Designer Mystery 2022/23 Blocks Finished!
I did it! I got all the blocks for the Designer Mystery 2022/23 project finished! Now, I have to say, those bold log cabin alternate blocks absolutely make the quilt, don't you think? I am quite pleased with how it all came together. I'll start sewing the blocks together in rows today. My gorgeous border…