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Hand-quilting….sooooo relaxing!!
In between working on my Roseville blocks (and a few other quilts in progress), I am hand-quilting Amy and Bruce’s wedding quilt. They will be getting married on September 1 (of this year!) so I...
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Not Exactly Finished!
Once I finish stitching my blocks, I always give them a soak in the sink with hot water and soap. I use marking pens, glue and starch on my blocks when I am working on them so I like to clean them up...
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Hand-quilting the night away!
What is it about hand-quilting that is so darn relaxing? I am making pretty steady progress on Sue Garman’s “Bouquets For A New Day”. When I sit down to quilt, I am always surprised at how quickly time...
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Stitching the day away!
The weatherman was right. We have snow! I love a good snowfall. Especially if I am indoors…quilting! All that was left to do on the Civil War Bride block was to embroider a few stems. So now the...
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Stitching on the doodads!
Once the blue vase was stitched in place, it was time to add the gold doodads. ( doodad: something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or unknown). But first I had to choose the gold fabric....
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It’s the little things that amuse me!
Believe it or not, this is a freezer paper template! Pretty tiny! And this is the prepped piece. Stop the madness! Some of the pieces in the block are smaller than the scraps in my garbage container!...
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How Crazy Am I?
As I work away on Sue Garman’s “Friends of Baltimore”, I keep asking myself…”How crazy am I?” These teeny, weensy pieces are a little…..tiny! This is the actual freezer paper pattern. First I made...
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Echo Quilting
Every night around 9 pm, I stop whatever I am doing and take my usual place on the couch and hand-quilt for an hour or two. It isn’t a lot of time, but it sure adds up and I am making some steady...
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An Intriguing Ostrich!
Even in this heat, I am still managing to get some hand-quilting done! Here is another block from Sue Garman’s “Bouquets for a New Day”. With only 2 blocks left to quilt, I am starting to give some...
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Turning a Corner
Finally! I have finished hand-quilting all 12 blocks of Sue Garman’s “Bouquet For A New Day”. Now I can start the border! I had my stencil picked out for the outer border and I was raring to go. I...
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An Epiphany!
I must say I am pleasantly surprised at how quickly I am quilting the borders of “Bouquet For A New Day”. The bottom border is finished and I have now marked the side borders. As I was marking the...
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Bound and Determined!
Yippeel! I finally finished hand-quilting Sue Garman’s Bouquet For A New Day! I took the last stitch on Friday night at approximately 11:15 pm! I had a relatively free weekend ahead, so I was bound...
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Happy Thanksgiving!
I am determined to learn how to hand-quilt in a frame. I have watched many you-tube videos, emailed many questions to a couple of quilters who I know quilt in a frame and read a few books. Now, it’s...
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Progress feels good!
I am finally seeing some progress on a few of the quilts I am working on. As you can tell, I like to hand-applique and hand-quilt. As we all are very aware, both are time consuming, and it can be a...
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Lazy Days of Summer
This past weekend my husband and I travelled to Amherst Island with my sister-in-law and her husband to attend the Emerald Music Festival. We stayed in a wonderful cottage that belongs to my...
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