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I Just Couldn't Help Myself
Several years ago I watched with interest Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilt, "Roll, Roll Cotton Boll". I didn't participate until the quilt was revealed and I was hooked. This is my 5th BH mystery - I've...
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A QAYG Chevron Finish
I have finally finished this fun QAYG Chevron quilt and will turn it in tonight at our Guild meeting. I got the idea for this quilt from Maureen's blog tutorial hereWe always seem to be short on boy's...
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Grand Illusion Clue 3
This step has been so easy and so much fun. It was a little rough at first, I didn't quite read all the directions, so I had to spend a little time with the frogs - ripit, ripit. But once I got in...
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I'm Definitely Intrigued - Clues 4 and 5
I'm a little behind with the clues. We spent a week in NC for Christmas and then I came home with either the flu or with some yucky virus. I've finally felt well enough to be vertical, do some...
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A Fun Surprise
Five weeks have passed since I started this post but part of starting a new year is not procrastinating on certain things so I'm finishing it. (I've also got a few more in Draft that I'll get to...
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The Reveal - Grand Illusion
So the final clue has been given, the mystery has been revealed. One of the risks you run when you participate in a mystery quilt is that you might not like it. And that's kind of a big deal as you...
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My New Best Friend
I keep forgetting I have this and so I've never used it. After deciding that I wanted to quilt vertical, parallel lines on a border and I didn't want to use a marking pen - I remembered that I had...
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Trying Something New
I am trying to do a post using my new Christmas present from my DH- an iPad 😊. I took these pictures a few weeks ago and never posted them.After putting Christmas things away, I wasn't quite ready to...
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Keeping Me Company
I finally got this hung in my studio today. Dahlia Revisited is now officially set to keep me company. I love thestory behind this quilt and I think it's neat that this quilt is the one that is now...
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Memory Quilt #1 Quilting Design
I am ready to start the quilting on my memory quilts (4 in all) and decided to start with this one. It's basted and ready to go. My question is simple *wink*, how should I quilt it?!This still seems...
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It's Officially a Flimsy
I have participated in five Bonnie Hunter mysteries. I never thought I was a mystery person, but I think I sort of am. There is a part of me that enjoys just cutting fabric and making units and...
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My 4 Patch Quiltalong
I've got other projects that need my attention, but these looked too cute to ignore.I've decided to dig into my stash of gray and yellow. It's a collection of old and new, my favorite way to build a...
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Lunchtime
I'm sitting with this sweet project at lunch today. Hopefully I'll be finished with this block soon.
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Free form Baptist Fan
I never realized there were so many ways to quilt a Baptist Fan pattern. I've used them for years in hand quilting but have never machine quilted this design. I have always used a stencil and a blue...
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The T-Shirts Tell the Story
If this was the only t-shirt I was showing you, I'm sure you would form an opinion about the person I'm making the quilt for. It's for a guy and among other things, he worked at Ben & Jerry's in...
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My Wonderful Un-Birthday
I have had the most fun the last two days. I will post about that tomorrow, but for now I'm sharing my birthday fun from last night. As a Leap Year Baby, I get to celebrate 3 un-birthdays in between...
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Teaching at the Flying Needles Retreat
It's almost hard to see me - I'm surrounded by Pickles - Pink and Purple!! What fun I had as I spent two days at the Flying Needles Quilt Retreat in Niceville, FL and had the privilege of teaching a...
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My Four Patch Quiltalong
A few weeks ago I decided to join in the fun of doing the Four Patch Quiltalong after seeing it in my APQ magazine. They featured 4 great four patch quilts and I decided to make Lissa Alexander's...
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It's Green and Purple Again
Look what's blooming in our front yard - our Wisteria. And of course it's that beautiful purple and green. Guess what I thought of?My sweet little Purple Pickles.In my ongoing quest to be a better...
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A T-Shirt for a Marine
It's always fun to do something you've done many times before in a new way. I've made many, many t-shirt quilts, but never one for a Marine. Not only that, but this is the biggest t-shirt quilt I've...
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