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Here it is mid May..... from Mimi's Passions

almost 11 weeks after my fall breaking my arm and surgery and I still can't sew. How depressing is that?!!!

So, got together with my daughters and future daughter in law today.

My youngest who is expecting her first baby in October, me, my future daughter-in-law and my oldest daughter and we did this.....

Pickled asparagus.

Yum....can't wait for the two week wait for it to get really good and then we can start eating it.

Now for the quilting.....well, I have tried and tried, but the physical therapist is working on the range of motion ...

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April quilt I made for Trish from Doll Quilters Monthly

Since I know that Trish has received this and that she has been under the weather lately, I decided to
go ahead and post this. It was fun but challenging for me!

added by Lynn Howell 0 minutes ago.

Sunday Stash: Catch Up from Blossom Heart Quilts

Color Me Happy - Aqua by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr

Yesterday saw the arrival of this month's Color Me Happy bundle from Sew Lux Fabric - 6 gorgeous prints and 2 solids in the aqua family.

Bella Aqua
Bella Robins Egg Blue
Apple Jacks Jacks
Simply Color Ikat Diamonds
Coquette Scroll
Coquette Watercolor Stripe
Glamping Social Butterfly
Good Morning Honeycomb

Tape measure fabric by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr

A few weeks ago, @jennaappleton was destashing on Instagram, and I snapped up a half yard of this gorgeous tape measure fabric. I'm a sucker for a good one! By the way, go check ...

added by Alyce @ Blossom Heart Quilts 0 minutes ago. under fabric , sunday stash

Passing for Normal from ... Cat Patches

The past couple of days have been fairly busy. Thursday, the carpet was laid. Smitty told you all about that. I left Thursday afternoon while they carpet installers were here and met up with fellow blogger Judy R. We had coffee at Starbucks and I gave her the bobbin clips that I had previously used as my bobbin storage system. Since they won't work with the new, larger bobbins that my new machine takes, I passed the clips along to Judy. It was great fun getting to meet in person. Judy came bearing gifts, which surprised me completely. As ...

added by Barbara Stanbro 0 minutes ago. under family , free-motion quilting , mindless musings , quilts , travel

Evening Adventures in Hotel Room Stitching! from Quiltville's Quips & Snips!

Things that live forever in my suitcase…… The IKEA clip on lamp! The lamps with the heavy base are of course…..too heavy for my suitcase. I traveled with this one when I was flying with a machine, or borrowing a machine for hotel room sewing…..but I am even finding it ESSENTIAL to hotel room hand work. Those who have spent hotel time before know that rooms are lit by a bunch of dim bulbs….

added by Bonnie K Hunter 0 minutes ago.

Kaffe, Wonderful Kaffe from My Heritage Fabric's

Wynn Price, a My Heritage Fabrics customer, recently completed this quilt made all of Kaffe stripe fabric. I wish we had a picture of the back, too, as it was equally fabulous.

Thanks for sharing, Wynn. We love show and tell!

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Mysterious beginnings from 365 days of wonderful

We are off to a good start with the Mystery Quilt Class at Kindred Spirits Quilt Co. Mary, Pat and Lorna have their fabric choices picked and have started with the first instalment of 9 months….to give birth to a fabulous quilt and they have no idea what it will look like.

We started cutting strips, then strips to triangles with the Tri Recs ruler and then added pieces to the triangles…who knows what is next?

I’ll never tell… Trust me ladies…you will love this one.

added by Leslie's Itchin to be Stitchin 0 minutes ago. under quilts

Loose Threads Quote Challenge from Pointless Quilter

"Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it." Danny Kaye
We had two months to create a quilt that was inspired by this quote. We met on Thursday and here are the quilts we came up with.
This is mine. I'm pretty literal so it's a basic paintbrush with lots of color. After our meeting and on the suggestions of the group, I added some metallic thread on the brush and some paint splatters on it too. I also shortened the strings and added fabric beads to the end ...

added by Barbara Sindlinger 0 minutes ago. under loose threads

Making Time For Friends from Cheryl Lynch Quilts

I spend most of my days in my studio. My main focus has been designing and quilting for the past bunch of years. I have to make a concerted effort to leave my work and Bailey to see my friends, especially if they are not quilters. I always come home thinking it is so worth it. There is a history.

This week I met my friend Carol for lunch. She happened to be in the area. I have known Carol since my youngest son was 3 years old. She is one of my oldest friends.

We know each other from ...

added by Cheryl 0 minutes ago. under carol , friends , inspiration , us open

Sunday Scripture from Sewn With Grace

image found here

Joyfully,

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Designing an Applique Border from Modern Sunbonnet Sue's Musings

I began designing an applique border for...(read more)

added by Pamela 0 minutes ago. under applique club , borders , design , raffle quilt (Comments)

Market fun from A Quilting Life

Market has been absolutely wonderful with good people, good friends, and lots of good things to see!I took a lot of pictures with my camera that I can't wait to share...I have just a few that I took with my phone that I'm using for this post.It's always fun to see quilts I've pieced---quilted and on display. "Fireworks" by Camille is pictured above.....And "Summer," also by Camille.Here are Jodi

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Pink Quilts from Quilting Corner

Shifra has finished a pink quilt for her new granddaughter.

Shifra made too many squares for her pink quilt, so she donated them to me. I've turned them into our next comfort quilt and I'm rather happy how it turned out. Thanks so much, Shifra.

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Pink Quilts from Quilting Corner -----------------------

Shifra has finished a pink quilt for her new granddaughter.

Shifra made too many squares for her pink quilt, so she donated them to me. I've turned them into our next comfort quilt and I'm rather happy how it turned out. Thanks so much, Shifra.

added by Quilting Corner 0 minutes ago.

Boston Hub Block ~ Tutorial and Tips from Life in the Scrapatch

Boston Hub Block

an original block design

Unfinished Block Measures 12.5" by 16.5"

Tutorial and Tips for machine sewing pieced hexagons

This is the first of my blocks to be sent to

Boston Modern Quilt Guild

is collecting blocks to be sewn into quilts of comfort for these families.

Please click on the link or image for more information.

My "Post-It Note Pattern" sketch

This is the idea and here is how I made the block

with tips for sewing pieced hexagon shapes.

The colors for these blocks are blue, yellow, white and gray and the size calls ...

added by Scrapatches 0 minutes ago. under boston hub block , boston modern quilt guild , free block tutorial , hex n more , hexagon quilt block , quilts for boston

Small Finishes from Junie Moon Quilting

I have been busy sewing and quilting these past weeks trying to finish up some small table toppers that have been sitting around

Conchico Mills, a mini quilt of the month from Temecula Quilt Co.

Smoked Cheddar Bow Tie, 12" sq. Each block is 2" finished.

Happy Holiday Table Topper for Valentines Day.

and a 4th of July wall hanging.

Summer Fun Sampler for 4th of July.

Then made a small test quilt to see if I liked the pattern. Now I'm off and running to make two twin quilts as birthday gifts that need to be ready in ...

added by June Sayas 0 minutes ago.

A Drop of Sunshine Block ~ A Tutorial from Life in the Scrapatch

A Drop of Sunshine

An Original Block

Block Size: 12.5" by 16.5"

This block will be sent to

@

Boston Modern Quilt Guild

How I made this block:

the plan

I knew I wanted to make a block that represented "a drop of sunshine."

I had a basic sketch of the idea. The block image in my head was all shades of yellow with a blue sky and was made with one of my favorite new quilty rulers, the Hex n More .

I gathered my yellow fabrics. Many of these were scrap strips and one was 2" wide so ...

added by Scrapatches 0 minutes ago. under a drop of sunshine block , boston modern quilt guild , free block tutorial , hex n more , original quilt block , quilts for boston

Schnibbles Gentle Art quilt using Little BLACK DRESS from Cozy Little Quilts

I'm joining a parade ... that is if it is not too late to join Sinta's Schnibbles parade this month .

I have had these 2 little Black Dress charm packs in my stash just waiting for the perfect quilt to come along and I found it ! I am using some Kona bone fabric for the background and the black floral for my border that I also had in my stash ..

These are addictive and so fun to make . I have made only 8 so far but I am sure I can have this darling little quilt done by the ...

added by Sue 0 minutes ago.

We're home again, and a good time was had by all. from Eagle's Wings Quilts

We made it in at about 10:30 last night after a good time out camping for the first time this year. But I must say it was COLD!! Winter is hanging on way too long in these parts. We saw some interesting things up in Grundy Lake Provincial park, including some of these:

Bear tracks down on one of the beaches. We never saw or heard the owner of these tracks. They were pretty small, so we think it might have been a very young one. But these were the only tracks we saw, none that were bigger that ...

added by Cathy 0 minutes ago. under avery

Scrap Swap - New York Blooms from Say CHEESE! Bumble Beans Inc.

Hi everyone - at last I have made a start on blocks using the delicious fabrics which Helen sent to me and tried to approach this in a different way to the larger piece posted before, decided to start off with a five sided piece of fabric as shown in the book by Victoria and my intention was to try to use larger pieces of fabric this time and one of the two New York fabrics in the collection from Helen. I went for the one below trying to create the impression of a flower.

So far only one block completed ...

added by Maureen 0 minutes ago.

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