Category: Quilts in the works
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Cursed Fabric
Sarah, my daughter, and I both make quilts. Lots of quilts. But, we seem to take turns – sort of. As she was packing her things to go back home this weekend, after staying overnight with us, she pushed the box of fabrics at me and then reached to take them back. We both laughed,…
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Finishing Up
I spent some time sorting out fabrics and unfinished projects this morning. The unfinished projects pile is now larger than my “stash” pile of fabrics. That’s good about the fabrics, but now the projects are nagging me. I am a member of the “Stashbusters” group on Yahoo and every day I read about the quilters…
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The Story of Penny’s Quilt
Back in the mid 1990’s I started quilting and it didn’t take long before I fell in love with machine quilting. I machine quilted for Trish Stuart, who had just made the transition from making patterns to making self-published books. We made a great team! I went to Quilt Market a few times with Trish…
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Quilt Confession …
I have to confess ….. I buy quilt blocks and quilt tops on ebay. There. It’s out. Sarah recently gave me back of pile of blocks that I had dumped on her, after deciding I’d never do anything with them. Does that make them double UFO’s? RUFO’s – Returned Un-Finished Object? WIHIMMBGTSE – Works I…
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Our Art Quilt Project
Hehehehe. A baby and a bucket of fabric scraps. I’ll be picking them up for the next month! What was I thinking!? Well, let’s just say I was rushing things a bit. The technique worked well but the materials I chose didn’t (not their fault, mine) and the child doesn’t quite have the attention span…
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Machine Quilting – How to Stitch in the Ditch
Here they are! I went with the two-part format because I felt that there was just too much information that I had to cut in order to meet the 10 minute limit for YouTube (not criticizing, just explaining) so: Part One – – –[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiJllrOdrZ4&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0] I would love to know what you think!! So far I…
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Funky Fuzzy Shortcut Quilt is DONE !
I just love that word – DONE! Whoooo Hoooo! This will be another donation quilt, even though I love it with all my heart, the thought that it might make a person happy and benefit a child is also one of the reasons I love it. BUT, until the CASA auction it is going to…
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Stitch in the Ditch Video Dilema
I started quilting a 90″ x 90″quilt on my home sewing machine, and doing a “tutorial documentary” on it. Now I am stuck! I am a long winded teacher (and writer – you have probably noticed) and YouTube, my host of choice for now, allows 10 minute video length. You would think I could get…
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Quilt Block Layout
Okay, this is just silly! I have been switching these squares around for an hour or more! I am giving up 🙂 It’s just that the fabrics are so funky that no matter how I move the squares around, it’s always going to make some goofy match-ups. It is going to be a wild quilt!…
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New Fabric!
Oh what a great trip to Anchorage! To visit my favorite quilt shop (Seams Like Home Quilt Shoppe) and see the familiar faces and the new, gorgeous fabrics. Heaven!! Then Sarah arrived with granddaughter Audrey and the *real* fun began 🙂 Confession: I do not shop for fabric. I have asked (that being the polite…