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Teresa’s Road To Oklahoma Quilt
I was lucky enough to meet Teresa Rush at the Pahrump, Nevada quilt show in March this year. She follows my travels on this blog and on Facebook, and she saw me post that I’d be in Pahrump, so she drove 60+ miles to come to the quilt show and say “hi”! That just made…
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Ricki’s Finished Quilts
Check out these cuties by Ricki Cohn! Here’s the note she so generously sent, along with pics of her quilts: Just finished my 6th quilt using your quilt as you go method, along with other quilt as you go techniques, including making a reversible quilt. Thanks! You were the inspiration for getting me started on…
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Curves By Jean
Jean Knapp send me these photos of her Drunkard’s Path quilt blocks that she put together using quilt-as-you-go, isn’t it gorgeous? There are a lot of patterns and tutorials for doing curved piecing, and I believe there are even templates for making the Drunkard’s Path block. Here she combined 4 blocks and then quilted and…
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Driving to Alaska
I just finished my spring trip home, to Alaska, and wanted to share some pics with my friends. This was a 3,740 mile trip and I took it in three stages. Just to give you some perspective, this is about the distance of going from San Diego, California to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Next time…
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Anissa’s Custom Quilting Table
Anissa found my Cheap Custom Sewing Table video on YouTube and watched it for a week before contacting me and asking about making her own. Then she sent me a pic with this note: Just saying hello again. I wanted to show you my quilting table I made, thanks to you 🙂 I will be…
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Lori’s Modern Log Cabin
This is a quilt after my own heart! The combination of modern fabrics and styling with the traditional Log Cabin block, brought together with quilt-as-you-go techniques, in colors that just sing! Lori sent this to me a while ago and I somehow misplaced it as I was preparing for my drive down the AlCan in…
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Kim’s Quilt and Custom Table
Kim sent me a pic of her very first quilt-as-you-go quilt, and her custom sewing table! What a great way to start the new year – a really happy email from a comfortable quilter! She sent this note: I just wanted to share my very first ‘quilt as you go’ quilt. I could have never…
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Linda Patzer Teaches Quilt-As-You-Go
Linda is a quilt teacher at The Sewing Studio in Normal, Illinois. She sent me this pic of her student Sandy’s quilt, which they adapted to be quilt-as-you-go. This one was made by Sandy Way. The quilt block is a drunkards path. Sandy is a new quilter but has sewing clothes and home dec for…
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Marilyn’s Finished Quilt
Oh, I’m in LOVE! Marilyn (from the UK) sent me this photo of her quilt and the message below: Dear Marguerita, I bought your book Crazy Shortcut Quilts some time ago, and I love it. I have made several quilts using the ideas in it. I now also have your other books Quilt as you…
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Nina’s Custom Sewing Table
Nina sent me her adaptation of my “Cheap Custom Sewing Table” along with this note: I recently saw your fantastic video on making your own sewing table. I was all set to do as you suggest, the sturdy insulation, etc., when I hit upon another idea. My son had a set of Enclycopedia Brittannica many…
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