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Outside work & inside retreat
This weekend finds us outside finishing some work on the house before it gets too cold. Thankfully it’s gorgeous and warm and we hope to get a lot done 🙂 My friend Susan Round is having a quilting retreat on her blog this weekend. Stop on by and check out her group and their works…
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First Place!
Our dear friend Kathy Harte mentors young girls in their sewing. Here’s her email to me from just a few minutes ago: Hi Marguerita and Sarah – I’m so excited about some great – exciting fantastic news ! ! ! I had 5 students last school year who completed their wildly beautiful “Crazy Shortcut Quilts.”…
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Exercise?
Are you a member of a weight loss or fitness group? I have been watching my pal Laura and her progress on Spark People and I just joined today. I am almost obese according to their numbers but what’s worse than that is that I look and feel like blended Jell-O in stretched skin. I’ve…
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My New Pressing Board
I created a huge pressing surface for myself, something I’ve wanted for many years! I used 1/2″ OSB (Oriented Strandboard), two layers of Warm & Natural Batting, some muslin and my favorite staple gun. To keep it from moving, I set a large piece of gripper pad (sold as shelf liner in department stores) underneath!…
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More Crazy Shortcut Quilts!
Whoooo Hooo! I just added several photos to the Quilt Gallery and they are awesome looking quilts! Thanks to Amy, Pat, Irma and especially Joanna, who has been helping me with a project I am working on…..stay tuned!! 🙂
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Smiles
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Two New CSCQ Quilts in the Gallery!
Thank you Pam and Joan!! 🙂 Be sure to peek at Sarah’s Blog for her new quilt too! Safe and happy holiday wishes from me to you, Marguerita
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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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Sashing Your Squares
Hi Quilters! I get a few emails every now and then about the sashing on our quilt as you go style of quiltmaking, and I re-read the book (thanks to my friend Phyllis at Patchwork Plus in Virginia!) and I want to clarify something for all of you experienced quilters! We use a “true” 1/4″…
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Chain Piecing for Quilting
This one is a basic chain piecing demo with some pressing information (which I learned the hard way!)
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