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RETREATING
I'm so happy to be stitching away at a quilt retreat at Lake Yale. I've been working on some surprise things I can't post, and also these tiny blocks. They will finish at 2.5" (quarter for size...
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SHE'S HOME!
My beautiful row swap quilt is home! Remember when I posted that starter row, third down, last summer? Well she's back. This was the first package of mail I opened after retreat! I just love each...
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IN CLASS WITH MARK LUPINSKI
What a fun day I had yesterday! I took Mark Lupinski's Throw Me a Curve Class. Our venue was the beautiful classroom at Wandering Stitches, one of my favorite LQSs. They are near the Orlando Airport...
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PLAYING ON THE DESIGN WALL
I'm trying to decide how I'd like to set my rows. This will be a wall hanging so size/shape doesn't matter. I'm thinking about this, using the gold checks at the bottom for sashing. Or maybe a...
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SIGNATURE QUILT
This quilt is finished! It is made from signature squares from a 2010 swap on the Dear Jane Alternate yahoo group. It's fun looking at these, and revisiting my online and in person friends who...
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SUNSET IN FLORIDA
This quilt was started last year in a Light Up Your Landscape class with Gloria Loughman. Most of the time was spent on getting those sky/background squares arranged and stitched down. Painting on...
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WE'RE ON A ROLL
This is my entry for my guild's challenge quilt. The challenge was to illustrate a saying. The measurements were limited which made it long and narrow, and black and white fabric had to be an easily...
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LAKE COUNTY QUILTER'S GUILD 2015 SHOW
So proud of my guild's show this year. The quality of the quilts was amazing. Here are pictures of some of my favorites. This beauty won best of show. Here are some of the challenge quilts. Kelly's...
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THE QUILTER'S THREAD RETREAT AT LAKE YALE
Today we're just wrapping up our QT retreat at Lake Yale, FL. We do a variety of projects and games. We always have a mystery quilt to work on, and this year I was in charge. Here's my sample for...
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SANTA FABRIC
Several have asked me what the focus fabric of the mystery is. Hard to tell from a distance shot. So here it is close up. I love these santas from Hobby Lobby.
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SUPERIOR THREAD CLASS
Yesterday at guild we had a Superior Thread class. Who knew there's so much to learn about thread? We had a lecture about thread at the guild meeting. Then in the afternoon some of us stayed on for...
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MORE FROM RETREAT
I'm still unpacking and sorting. These are my 'winnings' from retreat. 10 fat quarters are from our FQ raffle. I've never won before at retreat, so that was exciting. The jelly roll was the first...
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FLYING GEESE ANOTHER WAY
Of all the ways to make flying geese, this one from Connecting Threads is new to me. I usually use the two small squares and one large square method. That one works for me. However, when I saw this...
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STASHBUSTERS
Every 4th Sat. our LQS, The Sewing Studio, in Maitland, FL, offers a free class by Mary Jeanine on how to use up your stash. These are some of the quilts MJ showed us how to do last month. MJ has...
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CHARLIE'S QUILT
This quilt is for grandson, Charlie, on his 7th b'day last week. He'd been waiting for a quilt with his name in big letters, ever since I made one for his big brother, Brendan. The top has been done...
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Row X Row Hop
The Row x Row Shop Hop has begun. Here's my first row and plate, from Village Fabrics and Crafts, in Paradise, MI. The row is of Tahquamenon Falls. The license plate is a pun on Lake Superior. You...
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Dress a Girl Around the World
I finished my first dress for this charity today. Dress a Girl Around the World makes dresses for the least and the lost. This was so easy to stitch. I had fun using a decorative machine stitch on the...
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Four Dresses and a Row Start
In the end I have 4 dresses for Dress a Girl Around the World, Brynwood Needleworks group. Soon we'll start a next session. I saw a post or news story somewhere, where a 90+ woman made one of these...
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Bitty Blocks
I've been working on these cuties today. The strips finish 1/2". Only 140 or so to go. :)
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FARMER'S WIFE 1930'S QUILT
Lori Hurd has a new edition of her Farmer's Wife Sampler book. I love the letters in the book, as well as the quilt. Plus, there's a sew-along! What's not to love? Click here for details.
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