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Finish It Up Friday

My challenge quilt is done. I’m not thrilled with the quilting. Red or black thread would have been better, but I used what I had on hand. I do love the backing fabric. I used a facing instead of a … Continue reading

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March Wrap Up

It’s been a good month sewing wise! Here are my finishes. The next two were not finished in March, but the patterns that I created for them were released by AccuQuilt this month. That meant I could finally share these … Continue reading

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Challenge Part 2

Once I started working on this, I didn’t want to stop! I got a small piece of this red and black fabric in a scrap bag and it set the course for the rest of the quilt. I decided it … Continue reading

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A Challenge of Sorts

When my friend Zenia and I went to QuiltCon, we both loved this quilt. We decided to make our own quilts inspired by this piece. It took me a long time to get started because I didn’t feel like I … Continue reading

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Back to the Triangle Quilt

I dug through all the fabric that I have here and came up with one strip of yellow. Not a perfect match by any stretch, but I decided it will do. Now I’m auditioning borders. The pink strips I had … Continue reading

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Slow Stitching Sunday

This is some REAL slow stitching! It’s the only fan I have done so far! Here’s hoping I make some progress today. And I had an “oops!” In my post yesterday! I mentioned a book and the photo didn’t post. … Continue reading

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This and That

The cactuses that we planted last winter are all doing well. This one is starting to grow a new arm. a few others will be blooming soon. Back in Michigan, Daughter #1 took E3 to the home center. He wanted … Continue reading

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Finish It Up Friday ~ Hour Glass

Ta daaaaa! Once the blocks were done, this was a pretty quick finish. I seem to gravitate toward these simple designs. Everything here came from my stash. I think the binding fabric is rather ugly, but it worked well as … Continue reading

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Moving Right Along….

…..I’ve started the quilting on my hour glass quilt! I brought these design boards back from Michigan with me. I bought an adapter to use them on Harry. It worked out pretty well. Here is a peek at the back. … Continue reading

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Hour Glass Progress

I stitched my hour glass units into four patches. These took a while, but I had a good audio book to listen to. This is the book. It made me laugh it loud at times. My blocks finished at 6 … Continue reading

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