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Saturday, March 23, 2013

Trimming Points

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Is trimming points before sewing a waste of time?  I've always thought so, and I still do, but when sewing a trapezoid piece to a quar...
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Friday, March 22, 2013

Claiming the Blog

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Follow my blog with Bloglovin Here I am claiming my blog, whatever that means.
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Black and White

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Larry's quilt is done.  Isn't he a beauty?  Quilt looks ok too, if I do say so.  It's packed up now, with backing (also piec...
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Saturday, March 16, 2013

Made to Order

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I had to find a use for those black and white triangle squares, so I'm putting together this quickie quilt.  I guess maybe I made it...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Winners and Cutting: A Brief IHQS Report

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The number of entries, vendors, and I believe class attendees was down from last year.  Nonetheless, there were some outstanding quilts. ...
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Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Quilt Shows, Past, Present, Future

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Present:  I will be leaving tomorrow for the Indiana Heritage Show in Bloomington, Indiana, which I like to visit every year.  I don't...
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Thursday, February 28, 2013

More Blocks, and Shopping Time!

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Yesterday I pieced three more blocks, and here's where we are: I made a change in the cutting/piecing.  I had originally drafted ...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

A Block!

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Sometimes you've just gotta make a decision and do it!  I stewed and fretted about fabric and color choices for setting the World...
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Saturday, February 23, 2013

An Idea, Maybe

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After lots of tinkering with Quilt-Pro, I came up with this possible layout, done in grey scale.  I scrapped the alternate block plan, and...
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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Something Old, Something New?

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I inherited thirty of these blocks from my mother-in-law.  I really don't know whether she made them herself, or whether she also inhe...
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Thursday, February 14, 2013

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Another Orphan Here's my second quilt created from blocks just lying around.  I started with the five pieced blocks, three of the ...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

January Thaw

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Seven years ago, in January, 2006, I posted my first blog post.  That would be impressive if I had continued the process all this time, but...
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Friday, August 24, 2012

Is It Fall Yet?

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I began this fall wall hanging about a year ago while staying at my sister's house taking care of my mother. Now here it is, finall...
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

A Little (very little) Work in Progress

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I've started work on a small quilt for Alzheimer's Art Quilts.  It's been a long time since I made one, mine have all sold, an...
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

After long silence...

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I'm back to post my Hoffman Challenge entry for this year. This year's fabric with the giant pink and lavender roses is not ...
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Friday, January 13, 2012

Project Linus Completed

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I love the way this turned out so much that will be hard to part with it for Project Linus. I wish I had a baby in the family to give it...
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Monday, January 02, 2012

A New Year

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Happy New Year.  It's been a while.  Household work and Christmas and other activities have kept me out of the studio and away from Blog...
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Looking Up

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I'm feeling more cheerful about my work since the last post for several reasons.  One is shown below.  My daughter-in-law took the Athen...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

What I've Learned Recently

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1.  Sometimes less is more.  I like the way this charity quilt turned out with minimal quilting.  With the polyester batting, it should be e...
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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Ho Hum

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Must get motivated.  Must get motivated. This will not help much. Here's the latest Hoffman Challenge fabric.  First off, fabric ...
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Kay
Indiana, United States
I'm a former teacher, now enjoying time to work on my late blooming artistic interest by making quilts, both traditional and art.
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