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January stars

2021 Quilts, quilting · February 19, 2021

Friday Finish: January Stars

Wow, my third Friday Finish post in a row! It is so nice to get a few things completed. This week I finished January Stars, so named because I started this quilt in January and I’m terrible at picking names….

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2021 Quilts, quilting · February 12, 2021

Friday Finish: Desert Peaks

This Desert Peaks quilt began back in 2017 on Sew a Jelly Roll Day. I like to hand stitch binding while watching TV in the evening and found this quilt all ready to go. I thought I would have my…

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Finished Sunny Skies quilt

2019 Quilts, quilting · July 5, 2019

Friday Finish Sunny Skies Quilt

What could be more appropriate than a Sunny Skies Quilt on a hot, sunny July day? I started this quilt a couple of years ago and finally put it together earlier this year. I am an avid fan of Women’s…

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2018 Quilts, quilting · September 18, 2018

Retreat Quilt

During a recent trip to the Twin Cities I saw a fun quilt hanging in a shop. It had the sentiment “She was a nice girl until she took up quilting.” At the time I didn’t think much about it,…

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quilting · September 18, 2017

DWM: Project Sew A Jelly Roll

Saturday was National Sew A Jelly Roll Day and that’s exactly what I did. Currently,  I am obsessed with the triangle in a square block (tri-recs). The idea for this quilt has been floating around in my head for awhile…

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quilting · August 28, 2017

Summer Sewing Part 2: Wedding Quilts

It seems like summer is for weddings so that means wedding quilts.  Two of our nephews got married this summer and I made wedding quilts for both of them.  It was fun to pick fabrics and designs for each couple…

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2016 Quilts, quilting · November 18, 2016

Retreat!

It’s been a long time since I’ve written a blog post, but it’s been a long time since I’ve done any sewing to speak of. Last weekend I was hoping to change that when my daughter Jen and I attended…

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2016 Quilts, quilting · July 31, 2016

2016 Week 30 Stash Report

Not much sewing going on here this past week, but a spur of the moment trip “up north” to Minocqua, WI to visit some friends gave me some binding time in the car so I finished a couple of quilts….

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quilting · July 4, 2016

DWM: Granny Squares

Recently, I’ve seen many pictures and tutorial of granny square quilts.  It seemed like a good project for a jelly roll so I started on of my own.  Ten years ago I never would have thought I would use solid…

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2015 Quilts, charity quilt, jelly roll, scrap quilt, works in progress · October 12, 2015

Picking Up Where I Left Off

It has been a long time since I’ve done ANY sewing.  It was the summer of walking and walk we did, but now it’s time to get back to business. When my husband Jim retired in July, he had never…

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design wall, jelly roll, works in progress · June 29, 2015

DWM: Sweet and Simple

My big design wall news is that I actually (finally!) have a design wall.  In all my years of quilting I’ve always made do with whatever flat surface was available…mostly the floor.  I have a small piece of batting hung in…

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2015 Quilts, jelly roll, piecing, quilt top · May 27, 2015

WIP Wednesday: Island Chain

This quilt really taxed my brain.  The units for this quilt are super simple and I thought it would be a piece of cake to put together but it was a struggle.  After working on the layout for an hour…

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