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2014 quilts, scrap quilt, table runner · September 20, 2014

From the Scrap Bag

My scrap bins are overflowing so I decided to start cutting them in useful sizes.  Scraps that are 11” long or longer I cut into strips. I have drawers for 5”, 3-1/2”, 2-1/2”, 2” and 1-1/2” strips. Smaller scraps are…

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2014 quilts, baby quilt,, charms, piecing, quilting, tutorial · July 1, 2014

Baby Quilt Blitz-Day 2

Today’s quilt is similar to yesterday’s but it has checkerboard sashing on two sides.  I was inspired by this tile floor. I had to do a little playing around with it in EQ7 to make it work for charm squares…

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2014 quilts, baby quilt,, charms · June 30, 2014

DWM: Baby Quilt Blitz-Day 1

This series of quilts is truly a case of one thing leading to another and it came from two directions.  First, I somehow ended up with several charm packs of juvenile fabric and then my small quilting group chose baby…

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2014 quilts, finished quilts, piecing, quilting · June 6, 2014

Friday Finish: Metro Waves

Have you seen the Quick Curve Ruler by Sew Kind of Wonderful?  It is designed to make cutting and piecing curved blocks easier.  I love curved piecing and have made a number of quilts using circle templates so this looked…

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2014 quilts, charity, finished quilts, scrap quilt · June 1, 2014

Hands2Help: Quilts Revealed

It is time for everyone to reveal the quilts they made for this year’s Hands2Help Charity Quilt Challenge.  Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict has been the driving force behind this challenge for several years.  I can’t wait to…

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2014 quilts, finished quilts, jelly roll, piecing, quilting, Scrap Basket Beauties, · March 21, 2014

Change in TV Viewing

When you’re quilting do you watch TV, listen to audiobooks or sew in silent bliss?  My confession: I was usually watching the worst reality TV.  Last week though, while piecing the Generations quilt, I came to the decision to delete…

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finished quilts, quilting, UFO · January 27, 2014

DWM: Cardinal In The Pines

This quilt was another UFO I came across recently.  It was supposed to be a shop sample but the fabric was very popular and sold out before this was finished.  The center blocks were pieced together and all of the…

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quilting · January 1, 2014

Happy New Year 2014!

The past couple of weeks have been so busy I’ve hardly been on the computer at all.  I was under the gun to finish two commission quilts by Christmas, then I made a large quilt for my son and daughter-in-law…

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