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Christmas Tree 2011

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Purple Pineapple Progress Report

I pieced all 100 pineapple blocks and assembled the center of the quilt, 10 block by 10 blocks. I added the first inner gold border. I strip pieced the second inner border. I trimmed the second inner border, then handled … Continue reading

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A Little Bit of Christmas Here

Some berries picked in a local marshy area and displayed in my great grandmother’s milk churn… Creche… Christmas quilt… Wreath on front door.

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Purple Pineapple Update

I have been making good progress on the Purple Pineapple quilt. I have all 100 interior blocks pieced. The final two rows on all four sides include some almost-solid purple corner blocks so that the internal border of purple diamonds … Continue reading

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Purple Pineapple Blocks

After seeing Gyleen Fitzgerald on The Quilt Show recently, I bought her book and tool. She advocates making her pineapple blocks to turn “Trash to Treasure.” So, one Sunday morning I went through my gigantic garbage bag of scraps and … Continue reading

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Wonky Baskets Encore

It’s Bloggers Quilt Festival:Fall 2011 time. Below is my Wonky Basket quilt I started last summer in a Gwen Marston workshop and completed within just a few days. It was so much fun to do because nothing much is pre-planned … Continue reading

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What I Saw on the Way to the Mailbox

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Brown Can Be Beautiful, Too

Even though there are almost two months of official fall left, most of the fall color is gone now, but I have decided brown can be beautiful, too, as in these delightful milk weed pods. Wild Aster Seeds Common Mullein … Continue reading

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Autumn Evening at the Lake

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The Color Yellow

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