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My string block for this week. Lots of yellow from my Sloanie Camp quilt. I’m trying to use strips each week from projects I’m working on, then use what’s already in my strip bin to finish it. I have finally started quilting my Valentine table runner. I saw a smaller version of this circle fill…
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I got the borders on my Charming Tiles quilt top. I’m finding I need a bigger vertical space to take pictures of my quilts – my quilts are growing! This one measures 49 x 60 inches. My newest library find. It is for painters, but she discusses at great length seeing colour as VALUE. This…
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I found this book at my local library last night. Gwen Marston and Joe Cunningham, copyright 1987. I live in a small town, with a small library, and a very small collection of quilting books. Or so it would seem. I always check the shelf and every once in awhile come how with a great…
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Pat Sloan had a Madhatter’s Tea Party block challenge – last year. I started late, but I will finish! This is my first teacup. This is the creamer. I need to prep a few more blocks to stitch around while watching TV. I finished last week’s string block. Quilting progress will be slow this week…
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I’m juggling alot of projects right now. I’m sure some of you are juggling more:) My design wall has my string block for last week on it waiting to be finished. There’s also a little more than half of the mystery basket block up. The other half is here – on my little flannel board…
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This panel is finally quilted! It is the third panel in one row of my Liberated Churn Dash Quilt. You can see where it fits when you look at this photo: Actually, after looking at this photo again myself, I see that I attached it so that the top row you see here would be…
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To err is human. . . Even AFTER pinning this block, I sewed it together wrong!This is a sneak peek of the quilt I mentioned yesterday.I got to this point {ha ha} late yesterday afternoon and unpicked seams for awhile – not just this project but my leaders and enders one too.Thinking it was ALL…
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I’ve got two days off work in a row and plan to put them to good use!This was my main design wall last night – it’s full now but you’ll have to wait to see what I’m making because It’s a quilt using my block that will be in the next issue of Quiltmaker’s 100…
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I received some Shweshwe fat quarters at Christmas from my mom.She found them in her local quilt shop. I love the smell of them! Waxy like crayons for quilters;)They are very stiff and need to be prewashed before use to get some of the excess dye. I love the designs. I am saving them to…
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I finally made time to make my April banner for the blog!Working outside of the home has really challenged me to use my quilting time to my best advantage.It has really made me think about why I blog and what I want to continue blogging about! DESIGNING I love designing new things. This liberated churn…
