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quilting · February 15, 2021

Motivation Monday: Perfectionism Steals Your Joy

When it comes to quilting are you a perfectionist? If so, let me tell you, friend, perfectionism steals your joy. During my years of teaching, I saw so many quilters get frustrated because everything didn’t turn out perfectly. Points don’t…

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books · February 6, 2021

Book Review: The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

On Saturdays I will have some “sampler” posts that are not necessarily about quilting. It may be a recipe, what I’m currently watching or listening to, general musing, or like today, a book review. Today’s review is for A Book…

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quilting · May 13, 2020

Wednesday Work in Progress: Mystery Quilt

The brick and mortar Patchwork Sampler shop offered dozens of mystery quilts over the years. So many, in fact, that I still have many mysteries in the UFO bins. In April I finished piecing a Debbie Caffrey mystery called Seams…

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stars around the garden

2019 Quilts, quilting · July 4, 2019

July OMG Stars Around the Garden

Stars Around the Garden is another UFO that has aged in the bin for quite awhile. It was a block of the month from the Patchwork Sampler brick and mortar shop. I like the quilt but like so many others,…

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2019 Quilts, quilting · January 31, 2019

OMG January Finish

It was much harder than it should have been, but with ONE hour to spare I finished my January OMG project, Chip off the Old Block. Last week, my longarm died so I quilted this on my Juki. It has…

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quilting · January 2, 2018

UFO Challenge and What’s In The Box Part 1

After I reread yesterday’s post, I thought maybe it was kind of a downer. Usually, I am a very positive person who is very enthusiastic about quilting and I’m always up for a challenge, especially a UFO challenge. For at…

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quilting · January 23, 2017

UFO Update: Christmas Stars

While searching for UFO parts, I came across another one—Christmas Stars.  This was a very pretty block of the month, block of the week or some other series quilt we kitted at the shop.  The finished quilts I’ve seen from…

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quilting · January 19, 2017

Dealing with January UFOs

There is a laundry basket beside my sewing table that holds about 30 UFOs.  Last year I numbered them and drew two numbers each month and tried to complete them during the month.  It worked pretty well and I finished…

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2016 Quilts, quilting · December 2, 2016

Jen’s Quilt

This is the quilt Jen made on our retreat weekend a couple of weeks ago. She saw this on Pinterest awhile back and decided she wanted it for her bed. It took a lot of effort to find a print…

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2016 Quilts, quilting · December 1, 2016

December OMG: Dazzling Stars

After falling short on my October goal (it is STILL not finished), I didn’t set one for November. I’m feeling optimistic for December though and am going to set a new goal.  This one is a Glad Creations Design called…

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2016 Quilts, quilting · October 2, 2016

September Recap and Stash Report

Very little sewing happened at my house in September and the outlook for October isn’t much better.  I didn’t start a single new quilt and finished two.  You would think that would translate into a reduction in stash, but I…

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2016 Quilts, quilting · September 5, 2016

DWM: Woodlands

The weather has been too nice and too many fun things going on this weekend to spend much time in the sewing room.  With temperatures in the mid-70s, low humidity and sunny skies, the weather has been glorious.  Friday night…

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