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“Magical Squares” Published!
My quilt, “Magical Squares,” is the cover quilt for the May/June 2020 issue of Quiltmaker magazine. I am sew excited! You are going to love the quilts in this issue; from cover to cover, the colorful...
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Sports Baby Quilt Finished
What to do with the 2 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ rectangles I’ve been hoarding . . . choose the bright or juvenile prints and tone-on-tones and make a baby quilt! Last year I won sport related fat quarters at my...
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Keith’s Graduation Quilt
About five years ago my grandson began working on a Crosses and X’es quilt. But then, he grew more interested in fishing, football, and girlfriends, in that order. So the ten completed blocks and the...
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Pop Quiz!
Yes, this blog post is a Pop Quiz for you. What, in your opinion, makes this quilt successful? My friend, Gigi, sent this lap quilt to me for longarm quilting. We collaborated on a thread color and...
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“Giant Star” Published!
Exciting news . . . the Quilting Daily company has produced a brand new magazine, Fons and Porter’s Quick + Easy Quilts, and my “Giant Star” quilt was selected for publication in the inaugural issue!...
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Hearts for Baby
My nephew and his wife are expecting a baby girl next month, and I want to make a bright quilt for the wee one. At a quilter’s estate sale, I purchased a package of fifteen “Hello Jane” fat eighths...
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“Bricks” Quilt for Maggie
Grandma Denise made a “Bricks” quilt top for baby Maggie, and my friend, Maggie’s mother, asked me to quilt it. Neither the fabrics nor the size are particularly baby-ish, but appreciation for this...
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“Chinese Coins”
For the past couple of weeks I have been sewing samples for my upcoming class on String Piecing Tips and Techniques at Sew There! Quilts and More in Angier, NC. I used a bundle of selvage end scraps...
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“Warm Air Rises” Published!
If the August heat and humidity is wearing on your nerves, escape to thoughts of fall with the September/October 2020 issue of McCall’s Quilting magazine. Pumpkins and potions, bats and candy corn,...
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“Shoo Fly”
It is my goal each month to give you an extra project related to the “Sister’s” block of the month quilt along. This month’s extra is based on the 6″ “Shoo Fly.” (August’s block was “Bronco’s Star,”...
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“Sail Away” Finished
To combat the overflowing bin of blue strips and strings, I’ve been string piecing on 4 1/2″ wide sections of phone book paper. This turned out to be a great project to take on last week’s quilting...
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Christmas “Cobblestones”
My Christmas “Cobblestones” quilt is complete! And I love it. It is so interesting to look at; the various holiday fabrics keep my eyes moving around the quilt. The idea for this quilt stemmed from a...
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“Bloomer” Published
Have you seen the latest issue of Fons & Porter’s Quick + Easy Quilts? Nothing will chase away the winter doldrums and breathe spring into your sewing room like the February/March 2021 issue. And...
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Kay’s Marvelous Ocean Quilt
Do you remember seeing the “Marvel-ous” baby quilt on my March 29, 2021 blog post? It was made with Marvel super heroes fabrics, Four Patches alternating with large scale print squares. My friend Kay...
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Patriotic “Adventure Time”
Six quilting friends and I got together for a reunion/retreat last week. Making a quilt for a veteran was one of the planned activities. We based our design idea on Trinity Sander’s “Adventure Time”...
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Anita’s Pinwheels
My blog post of April 29 showed rows of “Pinwheel” blocks handstitched by Anita when she was a girl under the tutelage of her grandmother. I trimmed all the blocks to 9″ square and sashed them with a...
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Christmas “Cobblestones”
My Christmas “Cobblestones” quilt is complete! And I love it. It is so interesting to look at; the various holiday fabrics keep my eyes moving around the quilt. The idea for this quilt stemmed from a...
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“Bloomer” Published
Have you seen the latest issue of Fons & Porter’s Quick + Easy Quilts? Nothing will chase away the winter doldrums and breathe spring into your sewing room like the February/March 2021 issue. And...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kay’s Marvelous Ocean Quilt
Do you remember seeing the “Marvel-ous” baby quilt on my March 29, 2021 blog post? It was made with Marvel super heroes fabrics, Four Patches alternating with large scale print squares. My friend Kay...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Patriotic “Adventure Time”
Six quilting friends and I got together for a reunion/retreat last week. Making a quilt for a veteran was one of the planned activities. We based our design idea on Trinity Sander’s “Adventure Time”...
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