Category Archives: Bed Quilts

Finish it up Friday

Finally, finished  pictures of the Cheddar quilt! I purchased this vintage top a few years back and didn’t even like it that much at first. But it has definitely grown on me. It waited patiently in my closet for me … Continue reading

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Memory Chain

Several of you asked about the quilt Baby E was laying on in a picture I posted earlier this week. It was nice enough yesterday for a few pictures outside. Here is most of it on the neighbor’s fence. I … Continue reading

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Finish it up Friday, Q2 FAL 2014 and Blogger’s Quilt Festival!

This post has been a long time coming! I actually finished this a week ago but waited to  post until now as I will be gifting it this weekend. I am so happy to say that the Album quilt is … Continue reading

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Finally!

I finished the album quilt top yesterday! I am SO glad to be done with this top. It is a big one! Right now, it measure about 96″ x 106.” I have batting ordered. I hope it gets here soon! … Continue reading

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Hallelujah! It is finished

Yesterday was a full day. I drove down to Lansing for a QOV sew day and came home to make dinner and finish the batik quilt. It. Is. Finished. I put it on my bed this morning to take some … Continue reading

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Loaded!

Yesterday was my day off but most of it was spent cleaning house. I will spare you pictures of that! I also finally settled on batting for the BB. This is what I bought: She preferred a poly batt and … Continue reading

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Good news, bad news, amazing news!

First the good news, I finished piecing the top for the king size batik behemoth. Yay! I washed the backing and loaded it on the frame…..bad news time…..it shrunk so much it it now too narrow for the top! Uggggggg!!!! … Continue reading

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Work in Progress Wednesday

I finished piecing the last quarter of the BB before work yesterday. I took pics and printed them out so I could figure out where the stars for the last quarter should be. I need to buy fabric before I … Continue reading

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The Batik Behemoth

AKA BB for short. I made pretty good progress yesterday. I really appreciate all the comments and suggestions. After considering it all, I have decided to add 5″ borders and keep the center to 100 blocks. I am working the … Continue reading

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Design Wall Monday

I have 61 blocks done in the Batik Behemoth quilt. Here are a few on the design wall. And the rest of the finished blocks so far. Here is my current work station with block kits laid out in the … Continue reading

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