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2022 Off to a Great Start
The New Year has gotten off to a great start for me. My goal is to tackle my large number of UFOs and either finish them or let them go. It's probably not surprising that I was drawn right back into the Lori Holt Red Sampler quilt. I had completed only six weeks of the…
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Facing Up To Your UFOs
There comes a time in each quilter's life when she needs to face up to the UFO situation. Are you organized? Do you even know what unfinished projects are hidden away in your sewing room? If you went back in time, how many years old are some of your abandoned projects? 2012 was the oldest…
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From the Vaults
Here is a UFO from the vaults for sure. This is my Red Pineapple Quilt, begun in 2012. Seriously. Every year I drag out the project box and re-visit these blocks and make one or two more. As you see, I have enough blocks to make a decent sized quilt. As shown the top would…
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Dig Out Those UFOs
Under the current state of madness we find ourselves in, we all need to find at-home activities with which to occupy ourselves. Our governor has stated that all of us over the age of 60 really need to self isolate at home and only go out for essential reasons. As long as my grocery store…
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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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Just Playing Around
These little Sweet Clover blocks turned out to be just what the doctor ordered to give me a shot of Spring. I made ten blocks and turned them into a table runner, which I plan to send out to be quilted as soon as possible. I can see it with some sage green candles and…
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Catching Up With UFOs
All the blocks for the Double Nine Patch quilt are finished. In fact there are enough blocks leftover to make another half a quilt because I took out all the dark brown fabrics. This involved a lot of ripping, but I decided I just didn't like the look of the dark brown nine patches. Now…
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In Case You Were Wondering…
With all the projects I have going on right now, you may be wondering if Nicole is a big old Starter, but not a Finisher. Over a year ago I started a project called Into the Wind, a Miss Rosie pattern featuring one million flying geese. Well, maybe not that many, but a lot.…
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Red Pineapple Comes Out of Hiding
A lot of bloggers have been talking about 2016 being the year to finish up those UFOs that are at the back of the closet. A project I started a few years ago, that definitely deserves a finish is my Red Pineapple project. I pulled it out and had a look to see where I…
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What Do You Know?
It all started out in the garage, where I store labeled bins of my fabric stash. I have a couple of metal shelving racks that hold the bins very nicely, with some spaces in-between. My problem is, my husband sees those little empty places on the shelves as an invitation to plop some completely non…