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May 18, 2013
Blast from the Past from Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara

Last night while looking for the picture of my tomato plants all draped in netting, I came across this blog post from 2008.  This is why I LOVE blogging!  It made me smile and it almost made me cry.  Vince was already asleep but I wanted to wake him and read it to him.  If [...]

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Full Sarah's Star from Road Home Quilting

 

 I think you can see the feather improvement as I worked through Sarah's Star points in this second set of Quilt It! Challenge blocks.
Harriet Hargrave's book says I was drawing my feathers backwards! She was so right - I was making petal/loops from the top instead of the bottom.

Still wanting more feather practice, I tried a border of single stitched feathers to finish this first Sarah's Star. Love how it looks with the freehand heart corners, but think the traditional double-stitched feathers work best for me. Still not completely happy with feathers. I'll welcome ...

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Blogger's Quilt Festival and Revolution from Multicolored Snippets

Amy of Amy's Creative Side is efficiently and generously hosting the Blogger's Quilt Festival once again and there is an art quilt category. So here's my choice for this spring, a piece that is dear to my heart and one that I would like to share with a wider audience.


Revolution 2011: Order and Disorder (41.5" x 46", 105cm x 117cm, machine pieced, appliquéd and quilted; hand appliquéd) commemorates the liberation of Tripoli, Libya and the end of an ugly dictatorship. 

The outer squares (top and right) represent an order that disintigrates into disorder, yet ...

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Zippered Pouches! from Happy Turtle

Zippers have intimidated me for some time now but I've been dying to make some cute zippered pouches because I love using them. My good friend Angie had her birthday last month and I decided to make one for her.



Followed the tutorial for Open Wide Zippered Pouch from Noodlehead and got these done. I didn't realize I could trim the zippers I had to the length I wanted so I first made the large size. Then when I was told I could trim them down I made the smaller one. Keep the large one and the small ...

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Josie's Petals... from Hallbrook Designs

Here's the dark version! This is the smaller version of Josie's Petals and antique ball. presented at Quilt Market in Oregon this week. Patterns available soon for this design made for Blackberry Primitives.

 

Pre-order your copy now! Write to me at missie@hallbrookdesigns.com..

Take care,

Missie

 

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iPhone-o-Gram! Jared Goes To Ottawa! from Quiltville's Quips & Snips!

Lunch break time with the guild girls in Ottawa! Today's class is in full swing and we've all worked up an appetite. :) We've framed our four patch corners and are well on our way to turning out sets of star points and getting blocks together! The fabrics and colors are many and so varied! Here's to hoping that wherever you are this weekend, you find time to stitch a bit--or pet the fabric

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Winners of Quilter's Favorites from Geta's Quilting Studio

Thank you all for participating to Quilter's Favorites, for sharing your tips and favorites. We all love learning new things and I know we love sharing as much as we love learning. We appreciate the time you all put in writing your posts.

I would like to thank our sponsors- please visit and support them, they are a big and important part of our quilting journey.

Here are the winners- they were randomly chosen.

Fat quarter sample of the Botanical Beauty collection


#2- Julie @ The Crafty Quilter
12 large spool thread kit "Over the Rainbow" by Edyta Sitar

#44 ...

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Everything Old Is New Again from Linda's Landscapes

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 ...

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Première session c'est parti ! from Patchworkrama

Petit bilan au terme de la première journée :

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Difficile de les arrêter quand elles sont lançées... et avec Helga à l'animation on ne risque pas de s'ennuyer ! Celles qui connaissent le personnage savent de quoi je parle...

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Get Your Church, Book Club, Etc. Involved from Quilting Ranny -A Grandparents Journey of Raising Grandchildren

I understand none of us have a years supplie of toiletries under our beds unless maybe you are a couponer who has amazing talents. So asking all of my readers to send toiletries such as shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, toothbrushes, mouthwash, feminine products, etc.  is daunting!

However, I believe we should be getting our local churches involved to help and we can do it simply by asking our pastors to take up a special offering and use that money to purchase and mail off a box of much needed items.

How wonderful to be in ...

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Get Your Church, Book Club, Etc. Involved from Quilting Ranny

I understand none of us have a years supplie of toiletries under our beds unless maybe you are a couponer who has amazing talents. So asking all of my readers to send toiletries such as shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, toothbrushes, mouthwash, feminine products, etc.  is daunting!

However, I believe we should be getting our local churches involved to help and we can do it simply by asking our pastors to take up a special offering and use that money to purchase and mail off a box of much needed items.

How wonderful to be in ...

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Saturday sewing from Bunbear Quilts

I've been up since 7 and in the sewing room for a few hours.  Here's part of what I have accomplished:

Looks like a mile of ten inch squares sewn together coming out the back of my old Kenmore!  This was the group of pink and red batiks I bought at Hancock's of Paducah.  I cut them into ten inch squares and am making a top out of them.

What I went upstairs to work on was to put the border strips on Cascading Colors and then take it downstairs and load it on Gemma.  Well, best ...

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Tiny UFO finish from My Sewing Room

My February mini quilt from the Count On It series is finished.  Unless I decide that my love birds need eyes.  Can't quite decide yet.  But the hand quilting is all done and I'm going to start quilting the September one.  Baby steps, baby steps, . . .



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The Placemat Fiasco from Sew, Rip, Sew

We are in the middle of a severe snow storm which is not natural for April in the area of the country that I live in.  We were unable to open either of the doors in our home because there was so much snow.  We have had at least 25 cm, if not more with winds gusting to 50 km per hour which also left huge drifts in the driveway This was our third major snowstorm in April this year.


You can see how deep the snow is and that it was one third up over the bottom of the ...

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The Placemat Fiasco from SEW, RIP, SEW

We are in the middle of a severe snow storm which is not natural for April in the area of the country that I live in.  We were unable to open either of the doors in our home because there was so much snow.  We have had at least 25 cm, if not more with winds gusting to 50 km per hour which also left huge drifts in the driveway This was our third major snowstorm in April this year.


You can see how deep the snow is and that it was one third up over the bottom of the ...

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Back to Easy Street from Luv 2 Stitch

Last week my Easy Street blocks became a top! I still haven't decided on a border or if I will add a border, but it's a good feeling to have all of those little pieces sewn into one big piece. Thank you, Bonnie Hunter for another fun mystery.



The cherry tree was loaded with blossoms this year. The birds will be thrilled as they seem to get most of them.


My last two applique blocks for guild this year.


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Siblings Together Quilt No 3 from Lily's Quilts

So I decided I wanted to make three Siblings Together quilts this year.  If you don't know what I'm talking about, then head on over to an earlier post from this year which you can find here.  I kept the quilts simple this year so I could make more and here is the final one, quilted and bound and ready to be handed over to Siblngs Together at the Fat Quarterly London Retreat this summer.


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Sewing Accessories at Home and on the Go from Constantly Quilting




Jamie and I are so excited about our 1st book. The book is called "Sewing Accessories At Home and On the Go" from Annies Publishing. We are so happy with the book, it's so colorful with 10 great projects too! The book might remind some of you of "Idea Saturday", oh we hope it does! :) It will be available from Amazon on June 1st and other retailers for just $9.95. However, we currently have a limited amount of signed copies available on www.sunflower-quilts.com The projects (below) include an iron tote and portable ironing table, tote bag ...

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Sewing Accessories at Home and on the Go from Constantly Quilting




Jamie and I are so excited about our 1st book. The book is called "Sewing Accessories At Home and On the Go" from Annies Publishing. We are so happy with the book, it's so colorful with 10 great projects too! The book might remind some of you of "Idea Saturday", oh we hope it does! :) It will be available from Amazon on June 1st and other retailers for just $9.95. However, we currently have a limited amount of signed copies available on www.sunflower-quilts.com The projects (below) include an iron tote and portable ironing table, tote bag ...

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Quilt on Osprey Nest from Wisonsin Quilting

Osprey with Quilt

Nest building continues even after incubation starts. Both male and female this year are bringing additional material to the nest as they trade off incubation duties.

Inspired by AmysCreativeSide blogger festival,  I took osprey photos Thursday this week at a small lake outside a smaller town in a rural part of central Wisconsin.   Nest building continues after a really late start to the spring here.     Our locality is well known for its artistic and creative residents — and quilting is in the blood of many– and no wonder, with the osprey to inspire us.

This is the “Wisconsin Sampler Quilt”, designed ...

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