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Didn't have a lot of time to sew this weekend, but I did manage to get into the stash closet and fondle some of my fabric.  I rediscovered this yummy collection that I bought back in April when Lisa was out for a visit.  The fabric is Fresh Air by Chez Moi for Moda.  Very…

Much to Ozzie's delight, my son was home from Cal Poly for the weekend.  Ozzie loves him passionately because he thinks up very funny games that the rest of us dullards in the family would never dream up.  It takes one comedian to know what another would find funny I guess. You are all familiar with…

Hi there.  I am still alive, but barely.  Yesterday was my first day at my new job, and it took the starch right out of me.  I have to get used to getting up at 6:00 AM, a habit I have lapsed out of.  Learning so many new things makes my brain ache, and when…

I loved making this quilt top, from the moment I discovered some long forgotten already completed red and white half square triangles hidden away in a project box up on a high shelf in the closet.  The pattern is called Red Union Square from the book The Simple Joys of Quilting by Joan Hanson and Mary Hickey.   Only nine…

Goodbye July, hello August!  Isn’t August 1 supposed to be our Two Color Quilt Challenge Deadline?  So, how is that going for all of you who said they would like to participate?  I know Patti whipped hers out way back in June, but I would love to hear from the rest of you as to what your…

Here is Madeira, with all its borders finally on.  This quilt top was fun to make because of the special cutting of the triangle sections.  There are a a lot of bias edges though, and the quilt top doesn’t want to lay very flat.  It is a bit rumply.  My friend who is a machine…

It’s still Friday, right?  I just finished this by the skin of my teeth, as Grandma used to say.  The main body of the top has been done for a week, but I had to scramble a bit to get all the borders on in time for my deadline. The pattern is Coventry, from the…

Months ago, Lisa, Perry, Cindy and I did a Blended Quilt Challenge.  The idea was to get inspiration from one of the books from In The Beginning by Sharon Evans Yenter and Nancy Martin that involved a blended fabric technique, where one fabric sort of blends into another, making the over all design indistinct and…

In general, I am not too squeamish about sacrificing a bit of fabric.  I tend to buy a bit more than I need, so if I miss-cut or find that I want extra of something, I am covered.  This project I am working on for my Friday Finish this week is off the chart as far…

Hope all of you had a lovely holiday!  Nothing like an all American holiday with great traditional food, and no gift requirements. We are both a little beat from all the fun we had over the long 4th of July weekend.  Ozzie has been perched on top of his favorite chair all afternoon, and I…