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I have changed my mind.  I was rummaging in the back of the stash closet for maybe one more fat quarter of orange, and found an entire bundle of orange, aqua, green and brown fabrics.  How could I have forgotten I had this?  It is so perfect, I just had to start over. New color…

Oh my gosh, how fun is this?  I am on a virtual quilting retreat with dozens of women, all of us making a quilt with orange fabrics!  I plan to post several times a day during the three days of the Sew Along Pat Sloan has organized.  I have my computer all set up close…

Yea!  You will all be relieved that this is not a post about batiks. I mentioned yesterday that Pat Sloan is hosting a virtual quilting retreat this weekend.  I would put the link to her OP Sew Along on my side bar, but I can't remember how to do it.)  If any of you Typepad…

I was reading La Vie En Rosie today and read about a friend of hers, Pat Sloan, who is hosting a virtual retreat this weekend.  It is called the OP Sew Along–OP stands for Orange Pile.  Pat's theory is that we all have an orange pile sitting around neglected some where, and that if we…

I got my batik blocks sewn into rows!  Do I love the way these colors play against one another?  Oh yes.  As I seem to be doing more and more lately, I made about 16 blocks extra.  Some of my blocks were not working with the others, so I replaced them.  Remember in the old…

I made good progress on my batik challenge blocks this weekend.  I think I have nearly 40 blocks made out of 50!  I found myself in a bit of a quandary though.  Some of the blocks have high contrast, which in small doses, makes your eye "dance" over the quilt top from light spot to…

Gracious, how did it get to be February already?  I spent the entire weekend fighting a virus that had me down, but not out.  I had three long days of sewing.  I finished one top, worked on some batik blocks and started a new project. Aren't those periwinkle and purple batiks yummy?  My goal is…

  Have any of you attended a Strip Club Class at your favorite quilt shop?  A Strip Club is a group that gathers to make a quilt out of the popular 2 1/2 inch strips (sometimes called Jelly Rolls) that are so popular these days.  I highly recommend going to at least one of these…

I have not made much progress to speak of on the Batik Challenge I have joined with Lisa, Kristin, and Marianne.    These purple fabrics are divine to play with and as a result I have been doing major fabric fondling and not much cutting or sewing!  I did set up links to the other challenge participant's…

Sometimes it takes a quilting buddy to get you out of your comfort zone and get a different kind of quilt made.  Or just get *something* made!  My friend Lisa suggested that the two of us challenge each other to finish a Batik quilt, and I thought it was a splendid idea. Last April, at…