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     Just a quickie post today.  Here is Scrappy Trips all sewn together, minus borders.  I think I will do a narrow confinement border in black, followed by a wider red border in one of American Jane's prints.  Fun quilt to make, and I highly recommend it, especially if you have a couple of jelly…

I am farther along with this project than I realized.  My Scrappy Trips Around the World quilt now is occupying the prime space on the large design wall.  I couldn't leave things alone to be completely random.  I decided to use red in each block for the longest diagonal line of squares.  My reds vary…

Woo hoo, I've made some progress with these Flowering Snowball blocks.  I've decided to do one more row of six blocks, since I have the fabric to spare, and what's not to like about a longer quilt?  Don't you love the secondary circular pattern these blocks make?  I do enjoy the effects of curved piecing.…

I am continuing to crank out Sawtooth Stars for the Barbara Brackman Sew Along.  I have always loved Reproduction fabrics, as they work so well in my more traditional decorating style.  However, in the past couple of years, I have been so attracted to the brighter colors that so many quilters are using.  Supposedly that…

Eva has been talking about her "daddy's birthday" since October.  SInce his birthday is January 24, we have been hearing all about what she will wear, what foods will be served, what present she will give him and who else will be at the party. I had been working with a collection of fabric called…

I am happy to share that my Rhubarb Whirl center blocks are done.  I did make the quilt larger than the pattern instructions, and mine will be around 72 inches square once I get the border on.  I made 64 pinwheel blocks for my version.  It seemed a more useful size for my needs.  Blocks…

In an effort to tackle some neglected UFO's, I got out my Scrappy Trips project box.  I had printed out the online pattern instructions back in May 2013, so this has been in the works a good year and a half. I love these fun, cheery, mainly primary colored fabrics.  A quilt in this color…

I worked on Eva's Christmas placemat a bit over the past few days, but seem to have had a relapse of my cold.  Yesterday I felt completely rotten, and aside from mustering the energy to make some chicken barley soup, I spent the day on the couch.  So, no sewing.  Probably won't be any for…

    Finally, the last applique stitch done on the 12th Dresden Plate block from the, what, 2011 Scrappy Plate Sew Along?  The time it took me to get through this is making me reconsider doing all those Orange Peel blocks with hand applique. Anyway, now they are all done and of course I cannot…

After tossing and turning half the night having nightmares about my crooked lattice, I got up at the crack of dawn and just fixed it.  Whew.  That's better. This Antique Stars quilt is ginormous.  You can see the middle three rows across my 72 inch wide design wall, and they don't fit at all.  I…