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Garden Sanctuary

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Another one finished!  You have to imagine me doing my friend Darlene‘s victory dance {"another one bites the dust, another one’s done and another one’s done and another one bites the dust (boom boom)"}.  My current goal is to complete an unfinished project each weekend until most of my project boxes are empty.  No starting any new projects allowed until at least five boxes are freed up!  On the bed in my sewing room, I have the fabrics "auditioning" for four new quilt projects, so I need to move these things along!

For the quilt pictured above, I used the Sanctuary fabric line from Moda, and a pattern called Elegant Garden from Evelyn Sloppy’s book, Forty Fabulous Quick Cut Quilts.  Evelyn’s books are terrific, and you will be seeing a lot more of her patterns here on my blog.   You know you have found a great book when there are up to ten projects in it that you can see yourself making.  That is money well spent!

It was a productive weekend for me.  I managed to have fun shopping and lunching with my daughter, and still get some quality time in on the Bernina.  Three bindings sewn on, one binding hand stitched down, borders applied to Elegant Garden, and a good deal of fabric fondling occupied me nicely. 

On Sunday, I spent one of the nicest afternoons possible at my once a month Banish the UFO’s group meeting.  This is a group I have been sewing with for going on eight years!  There are few things in life more pleasurable than spending time with friendly like-minded women who enjoy quilting together.  If you aren’t a member of a sewing group, I highly recommend starting one.  You will make life long friends, get tons of project ideas, learn new skills and develop a support group that cannot be matched.  We even manage to get some sewing accomplished during our get togethers!  I have a friend whose quilting group "Sister Threads" has been meeting for years, goes on yearly retreats, and last year organized their first quilt show.  Recently, due to blogging, my list of quilting friends has been greatly expanded.  I can’t tell you how much fun I have discussing projects, fabric lines, and sewing techniques with my Internet friends!  Even if one lives in the most remote location, access to the Internet provides an opportunity for sharing ideas, projects, inspiration and support with individuals who have shared interests. 

Speaking of quilting friends, my dear pal Lisa just acquired a rare white Singer Featherweight machine!  Stop by her blog and check out the photo of her new arrival.  Congratulations Lisa!  I am SO jealous!

14 responses to “Garden Sanctuary”

  3. What a pretty quilt! Isn’t finishing a good feeling? I finished something last night (well almost, the binding needs to be hand-sewn) that I started piecing in about 2002…….

  4. What a pretty quilt! Isn’t finishing a good feeling? I finished something last night (well almost, the binding needs to be hand-sewn) that I started piecing in about 2002…….

  5. WOW Nicole, that quilt is stunning! I just love it and it shows an ‘edgier’ side to the Sanctuary fabrics using mostly the reds. I love that you left that plaid in – I think it’s perfect! Woo hoo for wiping out one of your UFOs!

  6. WOW Nicole, that quilt is stunning! I just love it and it shows an ‘edgier’ side to the Sanctuary fabrics using mostly the reds. I love that you left that plaid in – I think it’s perfect! Woo hoo for wiping out one of your UFOs!

  7. ROFLOL – literally! Oh my goodness – I thought I heard someone singing my song and immediately thought “someone has finished a quilt top aka flimsy”. LOL It’s beautiful, no, it’s stunning, no, it’s gorgeous! Well, you get the idea. 😉
    I’ll be anxiously waiting to see the other UFO’s done.
    I couldn’t agree more with you about having a quilting group. I’ve been sewing and retreating with my group “Sew Sassy Patchworks” for well over three years now and they are the BEST.

  8. ROFLOL – literally! Oh my goodness – I thought I heard someone singing my song and immediately thought “someone has finished a quilt top aka flimsy”. LOL It’s beautiful, no, it’s stunning, no, it’s gorgeous! Well, you get the idea. 😉
    I’ll be anxiously waiting to see the other UFO’s done.
    I couldn’t agree more with you about having a quilting group. I’ve been sewing and retreating with my group “Sew Sassy Patchworks” for well over three years now and they are the BEST.

  11. Lovely quilt! Thanks for sharing! Out of curiosity, how many boxes do you have? Hum…. now the questions begs to be asked…. how many projects per boxex? LOL I’ll tell you how many I have if you tell me how many you have! lol ;o) – I’m not as disciplined as you are, I still start new projects! Keep well!

  12. Lovely quilt! Thanks for sharing! Out of curiosity, how many boxes do you have? Hum…. now the questions begs to be asked…. how many projects per boxex? LOL I’ll tell you how many I have if you tell me how many you have! lol ;o) – I’m not as disciplined as you are, I still start new projects! Keep well!

  13. You’re on a roll Nicole (hey you could sing that next time lol… to the tune of Just walk away Rennae hehe)
    i agree, this blogging is great! 🙂

  14. You’re on a roll Nicole (hey you could sing that next time lol… to the tune of Just walk away Rennae hehe)
    i agree, this blogging is great! 🙂