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2014 quilts, charity, quilting · June 26, 2014

A Happy Ending for the Hunter’s Star

On Monday I showed the Hunter’s Star quilt that was on the frame.  This is my neighbor Monica’s quilt but she didn’t like it so asked me to quilt it and then we could donate it.  The whole time I…

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2013 Quilts, finished quilts, quilting · January 21, 2014

Too Much Temptation

After all the long hours of quilting before Christmas to finish the quilt for Bryan and Laura, the one for Jake plus these two commission quilts–all big quilts– I thought it would be awhile before I was ready to start…

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family, quilting · January 19, 2014

The Final Finished Quilt of 2013

I am so far behind in editing pictures and am finally getting the last of the 2013 quilts posted.  This was the last quilt I finished in 2013.  When Bryan and Laura got married Bryan told me they didn’t want…

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quilting · December 7, 2013

QBB Hodge Podge Quilt

I’m trying to finish up the tops from Quilts Beyond Borders before the end of the year.  This is the third of six I have to finish.  Most of them are around 40” x 60” so they don’t take too…

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quilting · December 5, 2013

Gaining Confidence

Before quilting the Sanctuary quilt I had never had much luck when I tried to quilt continuous curves on the frame.  I loaded this blue and yellow nine patch and planned to just quilt straight lines through the yellow blocks. …

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quilting · October 10, 2013

On the Frame: Birds in the Air

The title to this post is misleading because I quilted this quilt on my DSM instead of the frame.  Since the layout forms a strong diagonal line I wanted to quilt feathers in the dark triangles.  I thought it would…

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quilting · October 3, 2013

On the Frame: Star Surround

Many times my projects hit a brick wall when it comes to quilting them.  It’s hard for me to decide on a quilting design so they are set aside, sometimes for years, waiting for inspiration to strike.  Recently I was…

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