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Arizona Sunset

Last week a friend of mine returned from a month-long vacation in Arizona. She and I belong to a small quilting group in our town and she brought back a fat quarter of this fabric for each of us. She … Continue reading

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Garden Table Top Basket

The pattern for this topper was from the January/February 2012 issue of “Quiltmania” magazine. The design was by Maggie Bonanomi for Blackberry Primitives. The original used wool fabrics, but I used batiks from my fabric stash. I added a border … Continue reading

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Snow

Did we get the deck furniture out too early? Note droopy daffodils in the background.

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Snow Scenes

We have not had the snowiest winter so far this season, so when it snowed all February 29th, it was delightful.  Next day the temperature promptly rose to the high forties and it was time for a walk in our … Continue reading

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Red and White Robbery

I really should not be thinking about another quilting project, but I just could not resist trying my hand at a two color quilt design in EQ7. I was inspired by the fabulous display of red and white quilts sponsored … Continue reading

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Another Quilt in Progress

My current big project is from “String Quilt Revival” by Virginia Baker and Barbara Sanders. String quilting is an old technique where strips of fabric are sewn to a fabric foundation. After enough strips are sewn to cover the block, … Continue reading

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Thunder Bay Charm Quilt

A charm quilt is made up all of one tessellating patch where each patch is a unique fabric. I belonged to the Thunder Bay Quilt Guild when some of the members of the group did a charm exchange. Eighteen of … Continue reading

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Purple Pineapple Completed

I finished the machine quilting and binding for the Purple Pineapple quilt about a week ago. After quilting and binding, the quilt measured 99 inches by 99 inches. First, I did a little practice piece of the quilting designs I … Continue reading

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2011 A Year in Quilts

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Books I Read in 2011

The Appeal by John Grisham Thrones, Dominations by Dorothy Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh A Presumptoin of Death by Jill Paton Walsh The Attenbury Emeralds byJill Paton Walsh The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson … Continue reading

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