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2015 Quilts
Penny Candy
I recently joined the Mini Quilt Mystery Club on Mishka's Playground. The club runs for six months and each month…
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Cornered
This wonderful quilt design, "Cornered" is by Karen Burns at WarpedSpinster.com. It's a one-block quilt design and I enjoyed the…
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Patches
April's CUAQ Therapy challenge from Cut Up and Quilt is Moda's Patches I chose a Horizon by Kate Spain for…
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Cross Street
February's CUAQ Therapy challenge from Cut Up and Quilt is Moda's Cross Street. I chose Hoffman's Mercury Batik fat quarters…
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Luck of the Irish
Moda's Luck of the Irish, the classic Irish chain, was our January CUAQ Therapy challenge. I used Hoffman's River Rock…
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Quilt As You Go King Size Carpenter Star Finished!
This Baby is finally done. This my second quilt-as-you-go King carpenter star.
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A Year of Christmas
A Year of Christmas – December
I actually manage to make my goal of 12 Christmas quilts this year...phew! I can now close the Christmas bin.…
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CUAQ Therapy Challenge
Modern Star by Moda
I chose to use Moda's Basic Grey Grunge line for Cut Up and Quilt's December CUAQ Therapy challenge, Modern Star…
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A Year of Christmas
A Year of Christmas – November
When I first saw Jenny Doan's The Falling Triangles Quilt: Easy Quilting with Layer Cakes! on YouTube, I fell in…
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A Year of Christmas
A Year of Christmas – October
I can’t believe it’s October already! WOW. I’m happy to report I can actually close my Christmas fabric bin. For…
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Quilts
Victory Quilt: Finally Finished!!
I started this quilt back in 2009. It was easy to set aside for other projects as I had no…
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A Year of Christmas
A Year of Christmas – September
Labyrinth, made from a combination of squares and half square triangles, goes together quickly, making it an excellent choice for…
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Quilt of Valor
Quilt of Valor 2014 – Disappearing Hourglass
As soon as I saw Missouri Star Quilt’s Disappearing Hourglass video, I knew I had to try this pattern. However,…
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A Year of Christmas
A Year of Christmas – August
At the July CUAQ Therapy session at Cut Up and Quilt, my favorite local quilt shop, Kim challenged us to…
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Quilt slideshows
Under the Sea
Using a jelly roll of Harmony (Kanvas) by Benartex and a jelly roll of Robert Kaufman kona cotton in white,…
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A Year of Christmas
A Year of Christmas – July
For my July Christmas quilt I chose Retreat from Simply Fat Quarters: Quilts with Comfort and Style by It’s Sew…
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A Year of Christmas
A Year of Christmas – June
For my June quilt, I used the pattern, Row of Bricks, in Skip the Borders: Easy Patterns for Modern Quilts…
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A Year of Christmas
A Year of Christmas – May
As I continue to whittle away at my Christmas fabric stash, my May quilt is based on Thimble Blossoms Piece…
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A Year of Christmas
A Year of Christmas – April
I used a layer cake purchased several years ago from Keepsake Quilting. I modified the block size in the Acadia…
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Purple Passion II
Another, more casual quilt I made for my sister-in-law, Carmen. [flagallery gid=30]
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Lemon Pepper
When I saw Lemon Pepper made with Henry Glass Green Tea and Iced Mocha at Cut Up & Quilt, I…
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A Year of Christmas
A Year of Christmas – March
I discovered this pattern while watching a Craftsy video, The Twisted Irish Chain, with Amy Gibson. She combined triangle blocks…
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Red, White & Black UFO…done!
Several years ago I wanted to make a red, white, and black disappearing nine-patch quilt. I cut oodles and oodles…
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A Year of Christmas
A Year of Christmas – February
[flagallery gid=24] I used the basic Arkansas Crossroads pattern to create this quilt from a Christmas jelly roll with 40…
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A Year of Christmas
A Year of Christmas – January
[flagallery gid=23] I have an unbelievable amount of Christmas fabric waiting to be turned into quilts. To inspire and challenge…
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AOQ Block Exchange
All Our Quilts Block Exchange Quilt
Back in 2009 I participated in several block exchanges at AllOurQuilts.com. I finally assembled the blocks from the second exchange…
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Quilts
Paisley Passion
Using left over blocks I made for several 2009 AOQ block exchanges, I put together this quilt top. I finally…
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Carpenter Star
Carpenter Star
Well I didn’t think I would make it, but I finished this baby n time for Christmas. Wrinkles are the…
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Carpenter Star
I wanted a throw quilt for my bed to cuddle with when I read or update my website. This 60…
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Purple Passion
This quilt was designed using EQ7 for my sister-in-law Carmen who likes lavender and purple. [flagallery gid=17]
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Arkansas Crossroads II
After seeing my sister’s Christmas quilt, my sister-in-law asked me to make her a queen bed quilt. Her bedroom colors…
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Arkansas Crossroads
Photo bombed by Chloe while I’m trying to capture pics before I wrap my sister’s quilt for Christmas. 🙂
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Cotton Candy Sunset
Last night I tried to capture the sun hitting the bottom of the clouds at sunset. I failed. Clouds appear…
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My Stash
I so want to get back into quilting. I miss playing with my stash. I’m in the process of weaving…
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Crochet Books
Afghan Lover’s Collection
I just recently purchased Afghan Lover’s Collection and I’m itching to get started on one of the designs–the hard part,…
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A Different Kind of Sunset
Saturday at dusk as the clouds rapidly rolled in for an evening thunderstorm.
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Blue Bayou
Finally!
Finally! I’ve finished hand quilting my sampler quilt. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve set it aside…
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Iowa Sunrise
We usually only get these types of pink skies in the evening. I happened to witness this as rain clouds…
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