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Thirty minutes of quilting can mean three hours of unquilting. Everything was fine until it wasn’t. I advanced the quilt and saw this. I finally finished and I’m ready for some binding now. I’m so over this quilt! Have a … Continue reading →

Yes, hand quilting! I haven’t done that in ages! But this antique top is all hand pieced and deserves to be hand quilted. So I’m using my long arm to baste it and will hand quilt it in a hoop. … Continue reading →

I think my center block is finally done. It looked too naked before. I’m really terrible at hand appliqué, but for better or worse, it’s done. I definitely like it better now. I will call my wonkiness folk art and … Continue reading →

Do you know what Nankeen is? I didn’t! Not until Saturday night when Mr. Wonderful got home from his most recent trip to China. While there, he scouted out the perfect gift for me! He had to go off the … Continue reading →

I’ve never been happy with the center block of my medallion top. It looks too sparse, like I don’t like appliqué or something! It’s time to fix this before the top grows any bigger. I’ve pulled out a few books … Continue reading →

Today I will be stitching some labels on for Quilts of Valor. I bought some fabric with these labels on from Spoonflower a few years ago. I should have sent them back because at least a third of them were … Continue reading →