Category Archives: Quilting

What to do, what to do….

Using what I had on hand, I wanted to try my hand at designing a simple idea that I have been thinking about for a while now. A test pattern of sorts. Actually what I was thinking was…. My prize, … Continue reading →

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WIP Wednesday

Voting over at the Bloggers’ Quilt Festival ends soon. Today, I think. Go take a look.  Here and here.   Voting ends soon. Then come right back, okay? Now that that is out-of-the-way…. Luckily, I was able to use left over … Continue reading →

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I am humbled.

Yesterday, while I was out and about, I received an email saying I had been nominated in the Bloggers’ Quilt Festival. I started having heart palpitations but couldn’t get to a computer to see what it was for. If you … Continue reading →

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Color Blocked

WOW! I have been overwhelmed with sweet comments on my entry in the Bloggers’ Quilt Festival. Thank you all so very much. It is so special to have other quilters recognize your work. Family always does, that’s what they do. … Continue reading →

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Bloggers’ Quilt Festival Spring 2012

It all started with a past year’s Quilt Festival. You look at hundreds and hundreds of quilts, finding so many ‘new to you’ blogs to follow. Some you find an attachment to and add to your Google Reader. It’s so … Continue reading →

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I’m backkkk….

Wondered if I was returning, did you? We spent part of the winter, less connected to technology, while playing snowbirds. Only to return to near snowy conditions, in April, after missing out on the near 90° temperatures Michigan experienced during … Continue reading →

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It’s that time of year..

…when the hand quilting stack gets so high that I need a distraction to make a dent in it all… From the bottom up~ Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend~ Yes, she has been patiently waiting since before Christmas, now … Continue reading →

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Welcome to this world, baby Lilie!!

This quilt is for you! From the beginning I knew it was for you, great-niece. I thought of you with every stitch that went in to holding it together. How we are all linked as family even though we are … Continue reading →

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Finally, the finishes are rolling in.

As for what I am in the process of working on? I’ve got a menswear blouse in the makings, a copycat skirt and an ear buds holder on the cutting board. I will pause work long enough to get the … Continue reading →

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Swoon-along

Phooey. When you say Swoon, in the quilting world, anyway, you’ll be overrun with thoughts of all the beautiful swoon-along quilt blocks that everyone is making. They are everywhere and so pretty with all the modern, well planned color schemes. … Continue reading →

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