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Pam’s Finished Quilt!
Quilt Teacher Linda Patzer, of The Sewing Studio in Normal, Illinois, taught a Finish (almost) Any Quilt class a few months ago and she just sent me this pic of her student Pam’s quilt, along with this note from Pam “Hi Linda I finished my quilt on Tuesday evening and showed it to the Knot…
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A New Quilt From Cyndi in Texas
Cyndi sent me her quilt photos with these notes – aren’t they both gorgeous! Using the book Shortcuts Crazy Quilts I made this quilt for my mother in law for her birthday. A year ago she sent me this note along with the photos below. Her color choices are just beautiful and I really like…
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Quilt As You Go in Alaska
Hi Quilters, I’m freezing my toes off in Anchorage, planning some quilting classes and events for the summer – from Anchorage to Valdez, and maybe even Cordova! If you’ve quilted with Sarah or I in the past, and would like to see the new quilts in person or take an updated techniques class, drop me…
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Lori’s Quilt for Her Sister
I posted Lori’s sister’s video in this post, but I wanted to show you pics of the quilt too! Here’s the story Lori sent me I just wanted to drop a quick note to include some photos of the quilt I just finished for my sister’s 40th birthday using your quilt as you go method!.…
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Meet Susan Wilcox Ingersoll
We live at opposite ends of the North American continent. She’s from New Brunswick, Canada and she’s an organic soapmaker and entrepreneur. We’ve emailed a few times, starting with this conversation about the decorative stitch quilting process: I received Crazy Shortcut Quilts for Christmas and am enjoying the book greatly so far. I am working…
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Rosie’s Quilts
Another quilt show!! I LOVE getting photos of finished quilts and Rosie sent me this message, along with pics of her quilts … I’ve just looked at your web site and would like to say how much I’ve enjoyed your book. I’ve attached a couple of photos of quilts I’ve made. The pastel coloured one…
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Lori’s Quilt
Lori sent me this message and a short video! My sister had her 40th birthday party on Saturday in Pennsylvania. I couldn’t be there, but her good friend shot the video for me. I did free hand quilting on each block, writing in meaningful words and images. (Names of childhood pets, favorite teachers, etc). I…
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Alane’s Quilt Story
Alane was working from my book “Finish (almost) Any Quilt” when she wrote to me. She was working on a quilt for her dad, sitting by his side in the hospital. Alane was hand piecing her blocks but she wanted to quilt them (and bring the quilt together) with a quilt-as-you-go method. She updated me…
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Meet Kelly
Kelly is not just a great quilter, swho sends me pics of her quilts, she makes videos about them!! She also made a video about how she machine quilts feathers into the borders and sashing areas of her quilts – take a look.
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Lorraine’s Quilt Show
Lorraine and I have been email chatting for weeks. She’s had some issues with her sewing machine, and a few questions. But early in January she sent the first pic and said “Please enjoy with me my latest project made for my first born, Kevin” Then later in January she sent this note and pic:…
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