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Card Catalog Project

Early this summer, I picked up this card catalog at a garage sale. It took me some time to decide what to do with it, even though I’ve always wanted one. The first step was disassembly and removing hardware. Then … Continue reading

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More Minecraft

I’m having fun with these Minecraft blocks. Although, honestly, I’m not sure I would know what most of them represent without looking at the pattern! This one is supposed to be a cow. A pig. A character called Ghast. Zombie. … Continue reading

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DWMonday ~ Minecraft

Have you ever played the game of Minecraft? I haven’t, but my grandson, Big L loves it. It is a video game about finding and building things. I wanted to make a quilt for him for Christmas and my son … Continue reading

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Off Road Training

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to attend a full day, hands on workshop presented by Charlene Bower, founder of the Ladies Off Road Network. This is her Jeep, Frankie. I learned so much and had a blast. We learned … Continue reading

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Finish It Up Friday ~ Checkers

This was such a fun quilt to make! Sometimes things just seem to fall into place. It all started with this old pack of samples given to me by a friend. I send all but two pieces to make this. … Continue reading

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Yesterday’s Blocks are Doing Hard Time!

Thanks to everyone for your suggestions yesterday. I got so frustrated that I grabbed a small bag of brightly colored squares to work with instead. I cut an equal number of white squares and pieced them all together into a … Continue reading

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Oops!

Apparently I need help with my counting skills….I did have enough pieces cut for 12 blocks, just not 12 identical blocks. So I made two different blocks thinking I could surely come up with a good setting for them…..um…. Nope. … Continue reading

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DWMonday ~ Another UFO

While looking through my stash trying to find some purples for a friend, I came across this little box. I’d completely forgotten about this project! I do remember now that these were some of the very first pieces I cut … Continue reading

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Slow Stitching Sunday ~ Hand Quilting Tools

Progress is being made on hand quilting this lovely Seven Sisters Top. Once again, I’m using my fan stencil from Fun with Barb. I also decided to try out a new hand quilting thread. For the most part, I like … Continue reading

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Finish It Up Friday ~ QOV

One of my goals for this month was to finish this Quilt of Valor. And it’s all done except for the label. Still working on those machine bindings! I used a panto from Urban Elementz called Malachite. The standard Malachite … Continue reading

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