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A very mellow day…

Today was a lovely mellow day consisting of varied quilting activities.  I cut and sewed the binding, finally, onto the Swedish Quilt. Not terribly exciting, but reaching the end for this quilt, which will now  go into my recently vacated … Continue reading

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Colorful!

Last week I hand appliqued some triangles on to my autumn colored jelly roll quilt, which was shown in my prior blog post.  Consequently, it was a relaxing time, but not a terribly exciting time, except for the British murder … Continue reading

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The design wall and the full studio…

I had been using a floor for a design wall, but this proved to be insufficient as the angle for viewing was just not right.  However, my studio really does not have a wall large enough or accessible enough to … Continue reading

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Goals are meant to be missed…

…because otherwise, are you really stretching?  Or at least I’d like to believe this…  My recent intent was to post on my blog at least once per week.  I’ve already let the goal go.  This last week or so was … Continue reading

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Pantogram Samples

I haven’t posted in quite a while because time flies when you’re having fun.  Right?  Actually, I am having fun, but I have no excuse.  I will try to do better.  So to start, I thought I would make a … Continue reading

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still monochromatic…

I seem to be addicted to playing with muslin. Not to bore you, but here is more muslin work.  I really am uploading these because I need to improve my photographs.  I need to get better pictures of the stitching. … Continue reading

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Rulers…

I’ve been playing with rulers and lines. I am thinking of ultimately buying a different type of ruler.  This is the ruler that I received with my machine. As I move my fingers to keep them close to the hopping … Continue reading

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Distractions …

For September I have planned to do other things besides quilting.  I recently retired so I can allocate more time to sewing, piecing quilts and longarm quilting…travel, life…I could go on, but before I do all these things I have … Continue reading

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Blending Old and New …

I have a dilemna.  Here it is: Emmie made this quilt over twenty years ago, sewing the dresden plates by hand.  Amazing.  She hates it.  At the time, a friend offered to quilt it for her to see if she’d … Continue reading

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Fabric addiction surfacing…

I ran over to the fabric store to pick up a backing fabric for a toddler quilt that I am making…2 yards, which would equate to about $20.00.  That’s it.  One of the sales people, who knows me, said she … Continue reading

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