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A Stitch a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Here's another little, flowered, appliquéd mini quilt. Similar color pallet as the one from my last post, but with a much less traditional look. Shot cottons and hand stitching make such a lovely...
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Obeying the Quilt
I am starting quilt and wanted to give you a sneak peek... My original plan was to just machine quilt it in close, straight rows, but the quilt wanted none of that and after several attempts I gave...
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Oversized Nine Patch
10, 680 hand-quilted stitches later, (approximately!) and the quilt that I gave a sneak peak of in my last post is now finished. (Such a good feeling!) The quilt is titled '9Patch Quilt in Red and...
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Crossroads
I pieced together another 9 patch cross quilt, this time in shades of green, and just like the previous red one shown in my last post, it seems to be asking for lots of that hand-quilting... But I am...
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Happy Little Pieces
Happy WeedsMany thanks to each of you who took the time to leave such great comments on my last post. From reading everyone's words, I see that these feelings are something that a lot of us are going...
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A Stitch a Day Keeps the Blues at Bay
Pink Flower, Blue Butterfly I have continued taking all of that low energy and soon-to-be empty nest blues...Blue Butterfly and placed every bit of it into stitching...Butterfly No. 2 and with every...
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Indigo Blues
I received a lovely gift in the mail today... A pack of beautifully, hand-dyed indigo blues from my friend Candy, of Candied Fabrics. The package contained 5 delicious fat quarters, and one gorgeous...
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Parcheesi Inspired Cross Quilts
Well, the winds changed direction again, and blew me back to where I had been a few weeks ago... wanting to work in nine patch, exploring cross designs. This time inspiration sprang from looking at...
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Indigo Blue Cross Quilts with a Facing Finish
Here are the two little cross quilts that I made from Candy's hand dyed indigo blue fabrics...Indigo Blue Cross Quilt No. 115" x 15"Indigo Blue Cross Quilt No. 216" x 17" As you can see, there is no...
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Tutorial: Super-Duper Easy Way to Face a Quilt (Or: How to Sew a Non-Binding...
As promised in my last post, here is a tutorial on how I like to face a quilt. Facing a quilt is a way to bind your quilt without having the binding show on the front. It allows you to take the...
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Patchwork Days
My apologies for my lack of posting this past month. My attention has been diverted by a somewhat familiar yet always unnerving roller coaster ride that I know many of you are equally familiar with......
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Thankful
Got the good news today that my biopsy results were A- OK. I am so truly thankful. Many heartfelt thanks for all of the understanding and kind words left after my previous post. I am not sure why, but...
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The Beauty of Blue
I found these beautiful, blue, made in Japan, Moda fabrics at my local quilt shop a few weeks ago, and absolutely had to add some to my stash. That faded and aged looking print is by far one of the...
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Tickled with Ticking
Something about ticking fabric has always appealed to me. I suppose it's the simple, understated elegance and functionality of it. Originally, ticking was a tightly woven, (usually a twill weave)...
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Cozy Little Comforts
16 years ago I put my floor loom into basement storage because with a new, but smaller house, and two small children, I no longer had room for it. There was a positive side to that as it really threw...
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The Loom
After my last post, (where I was so happy to get such positive feedback on reuniting with my loom - thank you!) I was asked by several of you to share photos of the loom, so I am :) (Oh, and please...
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Pretty Little Things
Still playing with some simple weavings... Humble cotton yarns to make some more mug-rugs... and torn strips of fabric to make some more rag-weavings... Like this Cottage Chic Table Runner... And more...
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Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Blog Tour
Did you know that January 24th is Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day? Well it is! And to kick off the event a Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Blog Tour has been put together, by the good folks over at The...
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Frayed Color
Two posts ago I mentioned that next on my list was to weave something from shot cotton. Anyone who has read this blog for a length of time probably knows how much I adore shot cottons and...
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Rosepaths on a Winter's Day
Brrrr... The temperature has dropped dramatically here in the last few days. The outside air feels like it is biting, and the house is feeling a bit drafty. So of course, I turn to wanting to weave...
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