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I finished up my blue blocks for RSC13 this week. I have always loved blue & white together so it is no surprise that I really enjoyed making these blocks!

Note:  Due to a scheduled sponsored post on Monday, the instructions for Monday will be posted on Sunday night. For today’s instructions: 1.  From background fabric, cut 6 – 3-1/2” strips.  (You’re going to need a bit more but check your scraps and see if you have any before cutting the 7th strip.)  Cut the [...]

I can't wait to create my slideshows but in the meantime I want to share a little bit of a great time! Take a look at Missie's designs from www.Hallbrookdesigns.com...way to go Missie's! See all those heads looking at your creations!

I worked on painting the dresses yesterday. Overall, I like how they turned out, even if I still didn’t get that watercolor feeling I was envisioning. I think that effect is going to need a lot more practice when I don’t have a deadline. (The rippling you see in the photo is really the dropcloth underneath, not stripes in the fabric.)

While I like the painted look, I had a “what if” idea that I wanted to try out. I started cutting out a couple print fabrics and incorporated them in the shadowed and highlighted areas on the ...

I have been traveling so long... away from wifi..(can you believe it?) . that some of you were starting to worry about what happened. I'm okay and as busy as I've ever been... back in wifi country... this post is to let you know that and also promote the April 2014 Quilting Cruise through the Panama Canal. It should be a great time with several days at sea or as many classes as you want included in the cruise price. You might click on the link shown on the LINK list to go to the World of Quilts ...

Since my BIL had his stroke 2 weeks ago, it has made me sit back and reflect on what is important in life.  My quilting in particular since it does consume so much of my time.

There is quite a pile of completed tops that have been waiting and waiting to be quilted and used.

There are also quite a few UFO's still sitting on a shelf.  Some just require outer borders to become completed tops.

Guess what my goals will be this summer?

In the meantime, I have brought out this quilt to work on again.  I did ...

Last week, I mentioned the Kreinik silver metallic thread that kept shredding in the needle while testing it on Lida the (Diva) bird and then tore apart like facial tissue when I stretched a length of it--because it was roughly 15 years old! So this week, while putting the new quilting studio together, I took out all my Kreinik metallic threads and systematically tested each by stretching it.

The 3 on the left (in their new storage box) made the grade. All of the others shredded to pieces. It's notable that the 3 good ones are all smooth metallic ...

Plum Blossoms

I’ll be sharing some of our garden photos in the next while, not only because of the beauty of nature, but because Mother Nature’s colours are such an inspiration to quilters.  We are always looking for new colour themes. Imagine putting these whites, greens, and blues together in a quilt.

Don't know when I'll be back again.....

Leaving you with a few of the 48 pictures of the train on my way home Thursday....

constructing cloth sandwiches for pin pillows....

Toen ik al die leuke stofjes van Naald en Draad gewonnen had bij de vorige challenge, ging ik meteen aan de slag met de Japanse stofjes.  In het boek "houses, houses, houses" van Yoko Saito vond ik een prachtige quilt die ik meteen wilde maken.
Dat liep vlotjes, tot de nieuwe uitdaging voor de volgende challenge werd voorgesteld en ik daarmee startte...
Yoko Saito werd even opzij geschoven ;) en ik werkte twee jaar aan mijn challenge quilt.  Deze week bracht ik mijn quilt binnen en kon ik eindelijk terug verder doen aan mijn leuke huisjes.
Er is er ondertussen al ...

Today my daughter, Elizabeth, is showing her jewelry the American Legion Hall in Westminster.  She made earrings, bracelets, necklaces and rings. Oh, and flower pins!  I built several bird houses, which she sanded and painted.

I am very proud of her entrepreneurial spirit.  When I first started selling my wares, I was so nervous the night before that I could not sleep.  This morning I asked her how she was doing and she stated, with absolute confidence, “good”.  And I totally believe her.  You go, Elizabeth!