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First finish for 2009
Wohoo, I finished my first little project for this year.A little background to this wall hanging - I took the Flower Power class offered at Quilt University from Susan Brittingham in February of 2007...
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Valentine's postcards
These are two quilted postcards I've made for the Valentine's swap on Stashbuster. Unfortunately the pictures don't do the cards justice, because the lighting doesn't allow for the dimensional sparkle...
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Mail from Sue
SH Sue, one of my quilting friends from Washington State Internet Quilters, has sent me a heart block each for the loss of my father and our kitty and the great cat panel for two pillows.Thank you so...
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January gradation swap
The fabrics above were dyed with Dharma 65 Raspberry in a half-step gradation for a swap on the Dye Hard Run Off Yahoo group. They even match the color of my signature! lol
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Dear Jane L-10
So, first I started out by tracing the shapes for the center of the block on the backside of the fabric, using a light box. Next you can see how I hand pieced some shapes and the third picture shows...
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Dye swaps for Dye Hard Run-off
The lighting was a bit funky while I was taking pictures and the batteries on my camera are running low, so the pictures aren't the best quality, but you can get an idea of what the swaps are about....
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UFO day
So, today is official UFO day. No, nothing to do with aliens, just my unfinished quilt projects.What I've chosen to work on today is the Quilt for the Cure top that I've posted about a short while ago,...
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this morning's progress
OK, as you can see, I've cut out two of the 4 blocks so far, using Marti Michelle's templates.Now I'll be making some cinnamon buns for the kids quickly and a big pot of green tea for myself and then...
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Article 16
4:27pm and 3 blocks are DONE.Now one more block to pick fabrics for, cut out and piece and all of the blocks for the top will be done.Next I'll have to calculate the amount of fabric I need for the...
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All 12 blocks are finished
Here are all the blocks I need for the quilt quilt top together.Sorry about the crooked picture. Since my Dear Jane blocks are taking up the design wall, I had to lay these blocks out on the floor and...
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Kim's 100th post give-away
Kim, of http://bittybitsandpieces.blogspot.com/ is having a 100th post give away on her site. Here's the link to that post.http://bittybitsandpieces.blogspot.com/2009/01/100th-post-giveaway.htmlI'll...
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I-3 finished and QFC layout
I-3 is finished!Today I cut out some sashing pieces with star tips and sashing squares. This is what it looks like so far. The quilt will be a double/queen size once it's done with borders.
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My mom's birthday!
Today My mom would have turned 71.While browsing through some pictures I found this one of her working as chief secretary on Bitburg AFB, Germany in the 1960's, before I was born.Below is a Hawaiian...
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C-5 finished!
Here you can see my preparation work to create the "Eye of the Cyclone". If you compare the HST units with the block diagram, you see why the colorway of the two units is reversed.In this picture you...
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I missed my 100th post!
Can you believe it? I just thought to check how many posts I have with so many people doing 100th blog post give-away's and I totally missed my 100th post. Well, with this post just by 6, but anyway....
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Stash busting on UFO day
These are some of the strips I started out with for the 31 blocks I needed to make.The small 4-patch units used 1 1/2" squares of the colored and wow fabric.Here I am sewing the units back to...
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70th Dear Jane block finished
This is what my Dear Jane wall looks like with 70 finished blocks. All in all there are 1243 pieces in the blocks so far.E-7 / Bread Basket is my finish for today with 41 pieces. I changed the block a...
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Valentine's postcards I received
These are two Valentine's postcards I received from members of the Stashbuster group.The left card is from Diane B. and the one to the right is from Melva H.Thank you ladies. Both cards are lovely!
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American Hero quilt top
This is my first American Hero quilt top finish for this year, ready to be mailed to Sue Nebeker .Most of the blocks came from ROBIN .
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Two more Dear Jane blocks!
L-8 Box KiteL-7 Town SquareWith the finish of L-7 (Town Square) and L-8 (Box Kite) I'm up to 72 finished blocks and 1275 pieces.
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