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A New Log Cabin Start
There are so many projects that are on the list. Oodles to choose from really. But what do I do? Start in on a brand new project! Of course...Starting something new!I've had these fabrics stacked up...
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It's Good to Have the Occasional Challenge Turn Out, Especially When Things...
Let me just say right off the bat, that I am really proud of this quilt. The reason being, it was a total challenge on many different fronts that could of, should have, might have totally defeated me....
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Always A Busy Time of Year
It's been a whirlwind around here lately. One of our busiest times of the year with the annual church campout we help organize. Normally I pack a small bag of applique to take with me, but though I had...
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A Finish and More Progress on the Applique Baskets
Playing With Scale is totally completed now! It was one of those Adhoc. Improv. challenges that really stretched the brain waves. In a perfectly relaxed sort of way of course....Playing With Scale a...
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Monogamous Quilting is Not Really My Thing. I Get Bored So Quickly....
The Bullseye Medallion quilt has been quite shamelessly ignored for a good long time. Obviously something that needed to be rectified! Sometimes I'm just not in the mood and don't want to force...
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Come Take A Look At All My Basket Quilts
It was an interesting exercise to go completely through the blog from beginning to end. All very quickly of course, just looking for anything 'baskets'. The first several years of the blog found me...
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A New Basket Project and The Fabric Stash
Perusing all of the previously made basket quilts made me think a lot about the obvious, making basket quilts. And I started wondering. Why haven't I ever made the 'Patchwork Garden' quilt? It's a...
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It's Like Running Into a Brick Wall
I was cruising along, working on the border to Sweet Tart and getting a lot done. So much cheddar, it just about makes me cross my eyes from the glare! Then after the little basket border was sewn on,...
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All Finished With the String Blocks
Here they are, those string blocks that I almost gave up on doing. While I love and adore quilts made out of the scrap bin, there's just something about the process that requires a certain mood.String...
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A Tried and True Idea That Never Seems to Get Boring
I was able to put in some good long hours on the improv. quarter log cabin quilt these last couple days.. It's an old design, but it never gets boring. All the kids were gone on the Fourth of July and...
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It Doesn't Look Like Much, But I'm Making Progress
Next up in the hoop is the Big Tipsy Basket quilt. I don't think it was really supposed to be next in line, but I'm playing around with the idea of putting this one into the regional quilt show. It's...
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Trying to Work in One More Finish This Month
Monday, Monday.... Boy, was it ever. But lets talk about positive things. All the petals for this specific layer of the Melon Patch quilt are done. Yay! The next layer is already cut out and ready to...
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Vintage Lily is A Lovely Finish
Here we go with another good finish! Vintage Lily is all wrapped up except for the label and I only do those once a year. Make a nice big stack and just attack them all at once! A little surprising,...
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The String Blocks Are A Quilt Top Now!
Did anyone else have an almost two day shutout with Bloglovin'? It looked like their feed wasn't picking up any posts for a very long time. Though I'm annoyed that my most recent post won't be in the...
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Start With the Foundation and Then I'll Work My Way Into the Details
I finally dove into applique prep like I've been threatening to do for weeks now. The brand new project, inspired by the fabulously creative Jane Ormes, was a...
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Some Quilts Are Easier Than Others
Big Tipsy Basket was a very fun quilt to hand quilt. Unfortunately they aren't all so easy. I had to mark the many echoing lines around the outside of the basket and of course the double lines inside...
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Another Saga of Similar But Different Quilts
I don't always know when walking into the quilt room, exactly which project will be seeing some forward progress. Bullseye Medallion is one that usually gets the side eye and then unfortunately, a...
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Where Did the Summer Go?
Summer is wrapping up for us with a whirlwind of activities. Feels like it barely got here and now we're looking at Fall headed our way in just a blink! Just a quick check in to say I'll be absent from...
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Nothing Very Inspiring
Where to start? I don't seem to do very well with being over-scheduled and/or missing out on having good chunks of time for my own pursuits. In fact, it really messes with my creativity which we all...
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Long Rambling Thoughts About Making
Make Beautiful Things is a very bright, bold looking quilt for me. It was started initially in response to an AHIQ 'words' challenge. Sort of a 'What would our quilt say if it could say anything at...
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