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It can be a dull as dirt kind of day, and the UPS guy comes to the door in his little brown shorts and his good natured smile and says, "Here’s another one!"  And he hands over a little square box of surprisingly solid weight.  Suddenly, I love my day.  I love my UPS guy. …

My DH has been gone for six days, and I my attention is beginning to wander.  No, not to another man.  Two words, people.  Pottery Barn.  I think I may be in love.  With all the freedom I have had this week, I managed to get out and do some window shopping.  Only I didn’t…

This Blended Quilt Challenge has just been the most fun.  In fact, I became a bit obsessed with the possibilities that were out there for making any number of exquisite quilts using the blended fabrics method.  I picked an easy one to begin with:  a medallion style quilt top.  With a medallion quilt, you begin…

Only one more border and this quilt top will be finished!  The final reveal won’t be much of a surprise, but I have a little something extra up my sleeve as a bonus.  Please check out Lisa, Perry, and Cindy’s blog sites to see their progress on this joint Blended Challenge Project. I returned from…

I am having a very happy time playing with ideas for blended quilts.  It has become a bit of an obsession, really.  And my Blended Challenge friends are a bit stalled out these past couple of weeks, so I hesitate to blather on about the subject of Blended Quilts, but I just can’t help myself. …

I am happy to say that I have made some major progress with the blended quilt challenge.  The large toile triangles have been attached, and so has the gold border with four patch corner squares.  The thing about medallion quits is that the final reveal is not going to be much of a surprise, since…

I’m not proud of this.  This is a corner of my bedroom, that seems to be expanding by the hour.  It is my Christmas gift corner, where I have been dropping my purchased gifts as I bring them in the house.  I have a BIG family, and we all exchange gifts.  A good proportion of…

On Friday, I went to my favorite quilt shop, Prairiequeens, for a day of open sewing with my friends.  I love that place.  I always feel welcome, and I always enjoy the company of the great employees, owner, long arm quilters, teachers and general hangers-out.  It is the kind of place that everyone should have…

I love my Challenge Quilt fabrics!  I think I love all blended quilt fabrics, but I guess you all have figured that out by now.  This is the center medallion of the quilt I am making.  Please check out Cindy, Perry, and Lisa‘s blogs to see their posts on what they have gotten done so…

We got the tree up!  My son in law was permitted to cut a tree down from the winery property where he works, and he ambitiously over-estimated the height of the ceiling in our living room…. This tree comes right up to the top of it—after about three feet was cut off!  It looks as…